In focusing on Mack Brown, UNC adding to recent moves to hire football coaching retreads

Posted Nov 27, 2018
Nobody thinks Les Miles is going to win Big 12 titles at Kansas or that the ceiling for Mack Brown is going to be particularly high at North Carolina. But it is likely Miles and Brown are going to do the following things: avoid off-field scandals, raise the baseline of competence and attract attention and donations. And maybe that’s enough to consider them successful hires. (USA Today)

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