‘Got to be a Carolina guy’: Hubert Davis links eras, mentors with UNC coaching staff

Posted Apr 16, 2021
“You can’t do this job unless you’re a Carolina guy,” Hubert Davis said last week. Those words echoed Thursday with Davis hiring Jeff Lebo as assistant coach, promoting Sean May to assistant coach, retaining Brad Frederick as assistant coach, and hiring Jackie Manuel as director of player and team development — an arranging of all former UNC players. (Burlington Times News)

Related: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting

Three games, one collapse: How UNC's season spiraled, ending Hubert Davis' tenure
On Tuesday, March 24, Hubert Davis was called to a meeting with Bubba Cunningham and Steve Newmark and informed he would not return for a...
Fri Mar 27, 2026

Joel Berry on being the head coach at North Carolina: "You'd better come ready"
"You'd better come ready." Joel Berry knows the expectations that come with being part of the UNC basketball program in any capacity. Regardless of one's...
Thu Mar 26, 2026

Caleb Wilson Named To Dick Vitale's All-Rolls Royce, Diaper Dandy teams for 2025-26
Caleb Wilson was the Tar Heels' do-it-all maestro, a long, fluid forward who made them look like a million bucks. He filled the stat sheet...
Thu Mar 26, 2026

Dusty May, Nate Oats Asked About UNC Job, Blueblood Programs
No reporter directly asked Michigan basketball coach Dusty May about the UNC job, but rather what drew him to Ann Arbor and what makes the...
Thu Mar 26, 2026