UNC wasn't on Gabe Stephens' radar, then Mack Brown arrived. Now he's Chapel Hill bound.

Posted Dec 16, 2020
South Carolina was the first school to extend an offer to Gabe Stephens as a high school freshman. That was also before coach Mack Brown and the University of North Carolina entered the mix. "Before Coach Brown came, I wasn’t thinking about North Carolina. Then he came, changed the culture and I saw what they were doing and wanted to be a part of that." (Gaston Gazette)

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