Why North Carolina’s Bold Move Beyond Hubert Davis Could Change Everything
With Carolina alums Wes Miller and Jerry Stackhouse recently failing at the high-major level, there is no obvious candidate accustomed to wearing Carolina blue. The lessons of the past 30 years should be clear, however, and they should be embraced by all programs inclined to approach coaching changes as the Tar Heels have for too long.
Billy Donovan’s ties to Carolina? None. He played at Providence and a couple years in the NBA, worked as an assistant at Kentucky and then held college head coaching jobs at Marshall and Florida. T.J. Otzelberger? Played at Wisconsin-Whitewater, was an assistant at Iowa State and then succeeding through head coaching gigs at South Dakota State and UNLV to get back to the Cyclones. Mark Byington? He’s at least been in the general vicinity, as a player at UNC Wilmington, in the ACC as assistant at UVa and Virginia Tech before excelling as head coach at Georgia Southern, James Madison and Vanderbilt.



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