North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams has an autobiography coming out next month, and from the sounds of it, don’t expect it to be your run-of-the-mill sports memoir.

“Hard Work: A Life on and Off the Court” is due in stores November 3rd, and Williams co-wrote the book with former Sports Illustrated reporter Tim Crothers.

Obviously the book chronicles Williams’ rise in the world of college basketball, from his days at Kansas, to his current gig at North Carolina, where he’s won two National Championships, and his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.  Plus Williams’ recounts some family memories, including reading “Goodnight Moon” to his kids about 8000 times.

But the real shocker is Williams’ stories of his early life, especially the problems he had with his alcoholic father.  According to the coach, Babe Williams was physically abusive to his mother Lallage.

When Williams was 14-years-old, his parents had been separated for some time, and his father was often delinquent with the court-ordered child support payments.  One time Babe Williams came back to the house, angry and drunk, and 14-year-old Roy went all super badass on his dad.

“My dad came by the house,” Williams says in the book. “He was drunk and angry. It was the worst time I can ever remember. He went after my mom. I pulled him off of her, pushed him down, and grabbed a bottle and put it under his chin. ’Get out of here or I’ll bust this over your head,’ I said. ’I’ll kill you.’

“The whole scene was very nasty, but I didn’t care.”

Wow.  I can’t even imagine doing that now, let alone when I was a 14-year-old punk.

My hat’s off to you Roy Williams…you’ve just gone up a notch in my books. [Boston Herald]