Frederick is waiting for men’s basketball coach Roy Williams, who is vacationing in South Carolina, to decide whether to remain at Kansas, or take over for the retired Bill Guthridge at North Carolina.

On Sunday, Frederick’s phone rang a few times, but none of the calls were from South Carolina’s Isle of Palms, site of Williams’ beach house.

In the morning, Frederick went to Plymouth Congregational Church where, he was pleased to report, his fellow parishioners didn’t ask the inevitable question.

“People were really thoughtful,” Frederick said. “Nobody asked me what’s going to happen. They just said, ‘We’ve been thinking about you’ and ‘Good luck’.”

In the afternoon, Frederick spent a few hours in the office, then drove over to Memorial Stadium to check out the new artificial football turf currently being installed.

Later the Kansas AD, the man who gave Williams his first head coaching job 12 years ago this week, and his wife, Margey, went out to dinner with friends.

In other words, a quiet, routine summer Sunday, made even more serene by the Fourth of July holiday atmosphere.

Frederick estimates that 80 percent of athletics department personnel have taken a vacation day today so they can have a four-day weekend. He isn’t one of them.

Frederick will be in his office this morning, unless he is over at Strong Hall visiting with chancellor Robert Hemenway about contingency plans in case Williams opts for the North Carolina post.

One of the subjects of discussion will be a possible waiver of affirmative action guidelines, if necessary. North Carolina officials say they have been able to act quickly to replace Guthridge because they received an emergency waiver based on the fact the men’s summer basketball recruiting period will begin on Saturday.

“I read that about North Carolina,” Frederick said. “I wasn’t aware of (the emergency waiver). I’ll visit with the chancellor in the morning and see what the situation is.”

Of course, if Williams decides to remain at Kansas, the standard operating procedure of a coach search appointing a search committee, setting a timetable, adhering to affirmative action guidelines, etc. would be moot.

However, if Williams chooses to return to his Tobacco Road roots, Frederick will have to act quickly particularly if Williams takes as long as Frederick expects.

Stressing he really has no idea when Williams will pull the trigger, Frederick nevertheless has a gut feeling.

“Yes, and this is just me,” he said, “but my guess is something will come down on Wednesday.”