Saturday is a big day for the Royals.

No not Reggie Royals, the former Florida State basketball player who helped the Seminoles to their only Final Four appearance in 1972.

We’re talking about the actual Royals, those who live in England and whose scandals are popular fodder for the supermarket tabloids.

By the time this column is posted, a new king will have been crowned. That’s King Charles III, not former North Carolina point guard King Rice.

To honor the occasion, here’s a look back at some of the most memorable Charleses in ACC sports history:

Lorenzo Charles

Was it a pass or was it an air ball?

Doesn’t matter.

The result was the dunk heard around the college basketball world, the iconic buzzer-beating basket against Houston that gave NC State the 1983 national championship and cemented Charles’ place in Wolfpack history. Beyond his contribution to the greatest upset in Final Four history, the 6-7 forward put together a standout career that saw him average 18 points over his final 2 seasons while earning 3rd-team All-American honors as a junior.

Charlie Ward

Ward’s given name is actually Charlie, not Charles. But considering that he put together a Florida State career truly fit for a king, who’s going to quibble?

He didn’t just quarterback the Seminoles to their 1st national championship while winning the Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in the country in 1993. He was also a good enough basketball player that he was taken in the 1st round of the NBA Draft and played 9 seasons with the New York Knicks.

Ward threw for 5,747 yards and 49 touchdowns in his 2 seasons as a starter and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Charlie Scott

Scott is a 2-time All-American who averaged 22.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game at North Carolina, including a career-high 27.1 ppg as a senior while leading the Tar Heels to back-to-back Final Fours in 1968-69. He is 1 of 6 players in program history to score more than 2,000 points and only 1 of 2 to do it in just 3 seasons.

He went on to win an Olympic gold medal and play 10 seasons in the NBA and ABA before earning induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. Scott’s significance to his school and the ACC, however, goes far beyond basketball. He broke the color barrier as the 1st black scholarship athlete in UNC history.

Although he’s known to the basketball world as Charlie, his college coach Dean Smith always referred to him as Charles.

Charles G. “Lefty” Driesell

Driesell played basketball for Duke in the ACC’s inaugural season of 1953-54, averaging 5.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. But he’s best remembered as the foot-stomping, victory sign-flashing coach who boastfully promised to make Maryland “the UCLA of the East.”

Although Driesell didn’t exactly accomplish that lofty goal, he did succeed in leading the Terrapins to 348 wins, 8 NCAA Tournaments, an NIT championship and an ACC Tournament title during his eventful 17 seasons with the Terrapins between 1969-86.

Charles Carroll

You’ve probably never heard of this Charles and there’s a good reason for that. Despite being lauded in his school’s 1957 media guide for giving “all-out brilliant efforts all the time, offensive and defensively” and being “tabbed for stardom early,” the 6-1, 220-pound Philadelphia native only played 1 varsity season as a tackle on the Maryland football team without distinction.

But he was part of a historic moment for both ACC football and the Crown. Carroll was a member of the Terrapins team that beat North Carolina 21-7 on Oct. 19, 1957 in a game in College Park attended by Charles III’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II. It was the 1st American football game ever attended by a member of the British Royal family.

Charlie Davis

Charles Lawrence Davis is one of the most underappreciated great athletes in ACC history. A basketball star at Wake Forest who went to the same high school as Lorenzo Charles and the same prep school as Charlie Scott, Davis became the 1st black player to win the ACC’s Player of the Year award in 1971.

He was a 3-time All-ACC selection and a member of the league’s 50th Anniversary Team who still holds 3 school records more than a half-century after his final game with the Deacons – career scoring average (24.9 ppg), career free throw percentage (.873) and most points in a single game (51 against American University on Feb. 15, 1969).

Charles Shackleford

“Shack” was a 6-10 center for the NC State basketball team, who led the ACC in rebounding and earned 1st-team All-ACC recognition in 1988. He eventually left school early to enter the NBA Draft and played parts of 6 seasons with several teams.

But that’s not Shackleford’s main claim to fame.

He’s better known as a key figure in the book “Personal Fouls” by Peter Golenbock that helped bring down Wolfpack coach Jim Valano and land State on probation. He is also famous for the often-quoted line about his versatility on the court. “I can shoot with my left hand, I can shoot with my right hand,” he told a reporter after a game. “I’m amphibious.”

Charlie Blackmon

A 4-time Major League All-Star outfielder for the Colorado Rockies, Blackmon played 2 seasons at Georgia Tech.

He came to the Yellow Jackets as a pitcher after spending his first 2 college seasons at a junior college. But after redshirting because of elbow tendonitis, he switched to the outfield and became a 2nd-round draft pick because of his bat. Batting in the leadoff spot, he hit .396 with 8 home runs and 25 stolen bases in 2008.

Blackmon is in his 13th season with the Rockies. Among his professional accomplishments are a National League batting title in 2017, 2 Silver Slugger awards and tied an MLB record by going 6-for-6 with 3 doubles and a homer against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 14, 2014.

Charley Pell

Charles Byron Pell became the defensive coordinator at Clemson under Red Parker in 1976 and took over as head coach after Parker was fired the following season. He spent only 2 seasons with the Tigers, but they were 2 productive seasons that helped set the foundation for the success the program now enjoys.

Pell went 8-3-1 in his 1st season, leading Clemson to its 1st bowl bid in 18 years. He then led Clemson to a 10-1 record, winning the ACC championship and earning his 2nd straight conference Coach of the Year award, before handing the reins over to Danny Ford and leaving for Florida.

Four years later, Pell and his staff were found to have committed major recruiting infractions, resulting in the Tigers spending 2 years on NCAA probation.

Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice

Technically, Justice isn’t an ACC athlete since he played for North Carolina in the 1940s and the conference didn’t come into existence until 1953. But if 1980s Syracuse great Pearl Washington can be honored as an “ACC Legend,” then we can include the 2-time Heisman runner-up on this list.

Besides, the guy was so good and such a big part of the Tar Heels’ football heritage that they paint the 22-yard lines at Kenan Stadium blue as a tribute to him and his old jersey number.