Roy Williams wrote a letter to a fan after her dog named Roy died

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 6:15 p.m. ET

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Roy Williams is beloved by North Carolina fans mostly because of his two national championships, but this is another pretty good reason to like him.

A UNC fan named Whitney Shankland named her dog Roy, after Williams, and he unfortunately passed away recently. After Williams learned of Roy’s passing, he reached out to Shankland with a touching letter.

Hopefully fans can realize Williams’s good deed means a little more than the Tar Heels’ loss to Indiana a few weeks ago.