Tony Grimes Shows Mack Brown Gratitude, But It Goes Both Ways

Posted Jan 5, 2021
Tony Grimes called me this morning out of the blue to thank me for him having such a wonderful experience in, he called it his, 'freshman year,'" coach Mack Brown said on Monday (Video). "I said, 't’s really your senior in high school year. I guess we've got to quit calling you that now. You'll be an 18-year-old sophomore here in a couple of weeks.'" (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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