UNC Basketball Possible coaches

donbosco said:
“When asked Thursday how the search was going, Roberts said Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham and the incoming AD Steve Newmark were the ones involved in the process and did not elaborate further.

The chancellor did take time, though, to thank Davis for his stewardship during five years of head coaching and many others being a representative for the team.

‘Coach Davis will tell you,” Roberts said, “he met his wife here at Carolina, he became a Christian here, his uncle’s jersey is hanging in the rafters, Hubert and Leslie are Carolina parents…they love the university deeply and the university loves them back. They’ll always have a place of pride in the hearts of the Carolina family.’

Chair of the Board of Trustees Malcolm Turner was similarly asked about whether any trustees would have a role to play in the search, like was reported around UNC football head coach Bill Belichick’s hire in 2024. Turner played that down and when asked about concerns, he said he had ‘none, whatsoever.’

‘We have a fine team leading that search, with Bubba Cunningham and Steve Newmark,’ said Turner. ‘We need our leaders to lead and I trust that they will do so, and lead a great process with a great outcome. The board’s role is approval — so, we await the output of that work and look forward to [the search] unfolding.’”

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Welcomes, Departures and the SCiLL Investigation: Highlights From UNC's Board of Trustees March Meetings - Chapelboro.com

The UNC Board of Trustees held its final meetings of the academic year on Wednesday and Thursday in Chapel Hill. Here are some highlights.
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Good thing they got that quote from Roberts before last night. He is no doubt devastated today.
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Interesting comments from Lee Roberts after he himself led the search for a football coach.
 
farce© said:
....or Dan Hurley
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What is it with half this board thinking that top coaches are just itching to leave a great situation they're in already (UConn, Arizona, Michigan, Boston Celtics...) to come coach at Carolina? Seriously, some of you need to take off the blue-tinted shades and realize that we are no more enticing than those programs today. What in the hell would Dan Hurley gain by leaving a hugely successful UConn program to come here? Get real.
 
BlueSteel said:
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What is it with half this board thinking that top coaches are just itching to leave a great situation they're in already (UConn, Arizona, Michigan, Boston Celtics...) to come coach at Carolina? Seriously, some of you need to take off the blue-tinted shades and realize that we are no more enticing than those programs today. What in the hell would Dan Hurley gain by leaving a hugely successful UConn program to come here? Get real.
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I think the Hurley reference was a joke. Lloyd and May, however, do appear to be two of UNC’s top targets with reports of Lloyd at least expressing interest.
 
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donbosco said:
Brings up an interesting question...when was UNC at its most enticing? And available?
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Had Dean Smith retired in the spring, rather than the fall, of 1997, and UNC was willing to go outside the family, there would have been coaches lined up from afar. I think that would have been the case throughout the 80s and 90s. I think it was incredibly enticing when Gut retired in 2000, but the search was so limited.
 
Icky Mettle said:
Had Dean Smith retired in the spring, rather than the fall, of 1997, and UNC was willing to go outside the family, there would have been coaches lined up from afar. I think that would have been the case throughout the 80s and 90s. I think it was incredibly enticing when Gut retired in 2000, but the search was so limited.
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So...like never then?
 
While I come here for the politics, I’ll occasionally share my (unsolicited) opinion on college sports as someone who isn’t a Heel.

FWIW obviously UNC is still a top shelf job, but there are factors now that make “attractiveness” different than 5 years ago. NIL is a huge factor, and how much a school can budget. How the athletic department structures the revenue sports…will a potential coach have full roster control or work with a GM? I don’t think anyone would argue that the current ACC is better than #3 and maybe lower right…would someone at a secure/top tier SEC or Big 10 jump? Now I think UNC (and UVa) are in good spots if those two conferences expand, but it’s not a given.

I say all that to say this…while still very attractive, the UNC (and Kansas) job is maybe no longer a “pick your preferred candidate” situation it once was, and not because of the program as much as factors in the current landscape.
 
C-Money said:
I really want them to be able to get Lloyd or May. I'd rather have Otzelberger, Byington or McCollum than Donavan. I just have a bad feeling Donavan would turn out like Belichick.
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I don’t think BD would end up like Belichick, but do see some similarities to Mack Brown. Older and accomplished. Does he still have the hunger to be the best? Is he capable of adapting to change at 61? My worry is that with BD, we may have 5-7 years of ‘just good enough’ and then a retirement. Lloyd and May would be homeruns but don’t see anyway we land May. Think Lloyd is 50-50.
 
RockyMtnHoo said:
While I come here for the politics, I’ll occasionally share my (unsolicited) opinion on college sports as someone who isn’t a Heel.

FWIW obviously UNC is still a top shelf job, but there are factors now that make “attractiveness” different than 5 years ago. NIL is a huge factor, and how much a school can budget. How the athletic department structures the revenue sports…will a potential coach have full roster control or work with a GM? I don’t think anyone would argue that the current ACC is better than #3 and maybe lower right…would someone at a secure/top tier SEC or Big 10 jump? Now I think UNC (and UVa) are in good spots if those two conferences expand, but it’s not a given.

I say all that to say this…while still very attractive, the UNC (and Kansas) job is maybe no longer a “pick your preferred candidate” situation it once was, and not because of the program as much as factors in the current landscape.
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I would think it being easier to win in the ACC would be a plus, not a minus for a potential coach.
 
BlueSteel said:
Spit Take Lol GIF by Justin

What is it with half this board thinking that top coaches are just itching to leave a great situation they're in already (UConn, Arizona, Michigan, Boston Celtics...) to come coach at Carolina? Seriously, some of you need to take off the blue-tinted shades and realize that we are no more enticing than those programs today. What in the hell would Dan Hurley gain by leaving a hugely successful UConn program to come here? Get real.
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Have you been to Storrs?
 
BlooVooDoo said:
Have you been to Storrs?
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Yup. Grew up 30 minutes from there in fact. Are you suggesting Dan Hurley would bail from an MCBB superpower and perennial championship contender because Chapel Hill is a better college town than Storrs? I don't think that pulls the weight you think it does. At least not anymore.
 
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