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UNC\u2019s Walker McDuffie took a deep breath on the mound.<\/p>\n

With two outs and East Carolina\u2019s tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, the sophomore pitcher knew this next sequence could change the tide of not only Game 2 of the Chapel Hill Regional, but the course of North Carolina\u2019s entire postseason.<\/p>\n

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Inside his cap, a familiar voice delivered the call. The right-hander set, reared back and fired. Swing and miss. Game over.<\/p>\n

McDuffie pumped his arms and shouted as Boshamer Stadium erupted around him. Somewhere away from the ballpark, at home in Pinehurst, another Tar Heel was celebrating, too. Because UNC won, yes, but because he had a little something to do with it too.<\/p>\n

Because the voice that had just called the final pitch belonged to Roy Williams.<\/p>\n

For the past two years, the former North Carolina basketball coach has been the voice of North Carolina\u2019s PitchCom, telling Friday starter Jason DeCaro when to unleash an inside fastball and instructing the Tar Heel fielders on defensive shifts \u2014 all from the comfort of his couch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve loved it,\u201d Williams told the N&O in a phone interview Saturday night, just after McDuffie clinched a 7-5 win over ECU. \u201cI know it\u2019s a very small thing, but it\u2019s a big thing for me, because of my love for North Carolina baseball. And I don\u2019t take any credit, because they get to call the pitches. It\u2019s just my voice is all it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Used in MLB since 2022, the PitchCom electronic communication system transmits pitch calls directly to pitchers and other defensive players via a receiver earpiece. It removes the need for traditional hand signals and is designed to prevent opposing teams from stealing signs.<\/p>\n

UNC pitching coach Bryant Gaines says the system speeds up the pace of play and helps his pitchers stay locked into a consistent routine. His players agree. They\u2019d also tell you that hearing a Hall of Fame coach is a little cooler \u2014 OK, a lot cooler \u2014 than listening to Gaines\u2019 voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really awesome hearing a legend like that every pitch,\u201d said starting pitcher Ryan Lynch. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely nice to have a third party call the pitches\u2026 It was something that I found out for the first time early last year, and hearing his voice start calling the pitches gives you some more confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems to be working.<\/p>\n

UNC has boasted the best power-conference pitching staff in college baseball the last three years and are one Super Regional win away from advancing to the College World Series for the 13th time in program history. North Carolina, the fifth overall seed, will meet Southern Cal this weekend in a best-of-three Super Regional series in Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

Williams said he plans on attending. But even when he hasn\u2019t been able to make it to Boshamer Stadium, his voice has been with the Tar Heels.<\/p>\n

North Carolina has been using the PitchCom system since 2024. By the time the 2025 season was rolling around, Gaines grew tired of hearing pre-taped recordings of himself call up to 180 pitches each game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hearing my voice in my ear over and over and over again,\u201d Gaines said. \u201cFinally one day I was like, \u2018You know what, maybe there\u2019s something we could do with this that\u2019s a little bit cooler than just hearing Bryant Gaines\u2019 voice.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

When Gaines and UNC baseball head coach Scott Forbes started brainstorming possibilities for their PitchCom voice actor, they dreamed big.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally it was Michael Jordan,\u201d Gaines said with a laugh. \u201cWe wanted to get Michael Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even with coach Scott Forbes\u2019 connections \u2014 Gaines would like to point out Forbes does<\/i> have Jordan\u2019s phone number \u2014 that seemed ambitious. Quickly, the focus shifted to Williams.<\/p>\n

The three-time NCAA championship coach needed little convincing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been an easy thing for me,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI was very flattered. I started laughing. I told Forbes, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be kidding me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams and his wife, Wanda, have been some of the UNC baseball program\u2019s most visible supporters \u2014 particularly after the head coach\u2019s retirement in 2021. Williams was also the first coach Forbes met with when the longtime assistant took over for Mike Fox in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe called me Scotty Boy,\u201d Forbes said last week with a smile, recalling that conversation years ago. \u201cHe still calls me that when I call him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s so awesome,\u201d Forbes continued. \u201cIt still blows my mind that I have Roy Williams in my cellphone\u2026 he\u2019s also a really good friend and big-time supporter. He gets it. Other coaches understand what it takes, how much time it takes and what it\u2019s like to win big games.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Williams\u2019 voice has been part of the Tar Heels\u2019 wins these past two series \u2014 even if he doesn\u2019t like to take credit for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun thing,\u201d Williams said. \u201cIt\u2019s nothing to do with them being successful. It has nothing to do with that. It\u2019s just Scotty Boy and his staff and kids want to have a little extra fun, and like I say, keeping this old man a little involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not long after Forbes pitched Williams on the PitchCom idea, Williams invited Gaines and UNC general manager Carter Hicks to the Smith Center.<\/p>\n

They arrived at his office that morning with a list of commands.<\/p>\n

Williams arrived with curiosity.<\/p>\n

Before recording anything, Gaines said Williams wanted to understand exactly how the technology worked and how his voice would be used.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got excited,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI really did. I always told everybody I\u2019m one-take Roy in any interview. I always said, \u2018If we have to do this crap over again, that means you screwed it up.\u2019 And then, when they got me to do the pitch calls, I was afraid I was going to screw it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams began to laugh, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s the only time I\u2019ve ever been nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n

After running through a list of 27 words and phrases \u2014 recording the audio files that now form the backbone of UNC\u2019s PitchCom system \u2014 Williams peppered Gaines and Hicks with questions about defensive alignments, bunt coverages and situational strategy.<\/p>\n

Williams also had a few ideas of his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u201cCan, one time, I say give him a little chiiin music?\u201d Williams said, stretching out the phrase with a long Southern drawl. \u201cYou know, that\u2019s baseball lingo for a guy crowding a plate, and I wanted to get him off the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so they let me record that,\u201d Williams added, his voice punctuated by a chuckle, \u201cbut I don\u2019t think they\u2019ve ever used that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaines said there were a few extra files recorded \u2014 perhaps with some dadgums<\/i> and frickins<\/i> \u2014 but the staff ended up maxing out the space on its PitchCom system.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur original recordings, we were going to record some of those to fire up the pitcher or settle them down \u2014 whatever the case may be,\u201d Gaines said. \u201cSo we recorded a few of those.\u201d<\/p>\n

If it sounds like these coaches were having fun, it\u2019s because they were. Gaines estimates the trio spent an hour and a half together that morning. The UNC pitching coach smiles as he recalls it. He also shakes his head at the irony he feels in explaining anything \u201cfrom an athletic standpoint to a Hall of Fame coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an experience that I\u2019ll always remember,\u201d Gaines said, \u201cbecause not only were we having the opportunity to spend that time with him, but he was genuinely interested in exactly what we were doing and how all that stuff applied to helping us win a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Williams said he was fascinated by the details \u2014 from the analytics to the scouting \u2014 as a former baseball player and life-long coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s high level stuff,\u201d Williams said. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018Guys I love it. But if it doesn\u2019t work, throw it out. I want to win.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

But, were they to implement the Roy Williams PitchCom system \u2014 trademark pending \u2014 the Hall of Famer made Gaines promise him one thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we got ready to leave,\u201d Gaines recalled, \u201che said, \u2018Just so you know, I\u2019m gonna take credit for all the strikeouts that I call. And all the base hits? Those are the ones you\u2019re gonna take credit for.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While Williams\u2019 life is intrinsically connected to basketball, his first and favorite sport as a kid was baseball.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a kid, Mickey Mantle was my favorite player,\u201d Williams said. \u201cAnd I used to grab the paper every afternoon to see what he did the night before. It\u2019s just been a love affair with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a childhood that spanned from Marion to Asheville, Williams played every position. He\u2019d pitch one game and catch the next. He played second baseman and shortstop in high school, and lettered in baseball and basketball all four years at T.C. Roberson High School. He said he \u201cwasn\u2019t any good,\u201d but made varsity as a freshman and started every other year.<\/p>\n

His teams, he remembers, were talented. His junior season ended in the state semifinals. He finished as state runner-up his senior year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just crushing to me,\u201d Williams said, \u201cbecause that was my last athletic event as a high school kid. But I loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was 11 years old, I was one of those guys that would put on my uniform at 10 o\u2019clock in the morning, and the game didn\u2019t start till seven,\u201d Williams added, \u201cand so it\u2019s been that way my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n

That affection eventually evolved into a decades-long attachment to North Carolina baseball.<\/p>\n

Williams traces that connection through generations of Tar Heel coaches, beginning with Walter Rabb and continuing through Mike Roberts, a former classmate who later became UNC\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n

Then came Mike Fox.<\/p>\n

Fox, who coached the Tar Heels from 1999 to 2020, played baseball and junior varsity basketball at North Carolina and the two developed a close friendship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just loved what he did,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

The relationships for Williams even stretched beyond Chapel Hill. Williams knew Chad Holbrook long before Holbrook became a player and assistant coach at UNC because Holbrook\u2019s father, Eddie, was a basketball coach. Williams often brought his own high school teams to Furman for camps run by Eddie Holbrook.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo to me, they sort of run together,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

The common thread through all of it was baseball \u2014 a game that still brings back childhood memories for the 75-year-old.<\/p>\n

Williams hasn\u2019t been able to attend as many games this season as he would like \u2014 \u201cI\u2019ve had a few little health problems,\u201d Williams said, \u201cMy butt\u2019s getting old, so I gotta be a little more careful\u201d \u2014 but his attachment to the program hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s evident in the way he talks about this year\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

When asked what stands out most, Williams immediately launched into an evaluation of the pitching staff, praising both the starters and relievers before lamenting the departure in recent years of sluggers like Vance Honeycutt.<\/p>\n

He then brought up junior infielder Gavin Gallaher. Last year at a game, Gallaher\u2019s sister showed Williams a photo of him with a young Gallaher at one of Williams\u2019 basketball camps.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe supposedly said that I told him, \u2018Stick with baseball. Don\u2019t worry about basketball,\u2019\u201d Williams said, laughing. \u201cI\u2019m sure I did not say that to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

To the players, that support matters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d said Jason DeCaro, the All-ACC pitcher. \u201cThis university, that\u2019s how special it is and how awesome the people are. Everyone here supports us. We support other teams as well. It\u2019s kind of like a big family, in a sense. We all want everyone to succeed. We all hope they want us to succeed as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaines believes Williams\u2019 distinctive voice adds something, too \u2014 a distinctly North Carolinian flair.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels\u2019 roster is filled with in-state players. The majority of the coaching staff is made up of North Carolinians. Every pitch they hear comes from one of the most recognizable figures in the state, yes, but with the familiar drawl of a man who grew up in the Carolina mountains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m making a big decision on which pitch to call,\u201d Gaines said, \u201cit does give me a little bit of comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams laughs at the idea that his voice, and his accent, might be making that kind of impact.<\/p>\n

When someone recently sent Williams footage from his introductory press conference at Kansas in 1988, he was struck by what he heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my gosh,\u201d Williams said. \u201cMy accent was just unbelievable. I laughed my rear end off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, he likes the thought that his voice might bring a little comfort \u2014 or at least a smile \u2014 to a pitcher standing on the mound. It brings a smile to him, too.<\/p>\n

Williams expects to be back at Boshamer Stadium for the Super Reionals, likely dressed in the same combination UNC fans have grown accustomed to seeing: a bright pink polo and a straw hat.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite colors are Carolina blue and pink, and I\u2019m comfortable enough in my manhood to wear either one of them,\u201d Williams said. \u201cBut the hat stuff, just the students, they asked me if I would wear one, and I said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what, what the heck. I\u2019m still young enough \u2014 or old enough \u2014 to want to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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