North Carolina banking on Hubert Davis' pedigree trumping his inexperience

Posted Apr 5, 2021
Rookie basketball coaches are rare in the ACC. The stakes are too high, for most athletic directors to entrust the job to someone who’s never occupied the corner office. But if any program and fledgling can make it work long-term, it’s North Carolina and Hubert Davis. UNC hired Davis on Monday, just four days after Hall of Famer Roy Williams retired. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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