Chansky’s Notebook: More Good Than Bad

Posted Oct 10, 2024
Carolina owes a debt of gratitude to Mack Brown. The media (including yours truly) has been speculating whether the Hall of Fame football coach will retire (or be fired) after his 16th overall season at UNC. If so, it will match the same span he coached at Texas from 1998 to 2013. Brown has definitely improved the program he inherited from Larry Fedora. (Chapelboro.com)

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