UNC's Thorp: 'Plan right now' is for Davis to remain coach

Posted Sep 10, 2010
UNC chancellor Holden Thorp said today that “the plan right now” is for Butch Davis to remain the Tar Heels’ head football coach next season. Asked if he could definitively say that Davis would remain as the football coach, Thorp began his response by saying it wasn’t a fair question. Then he added: "Competitive, big-time football is a hazardous undertaking, but the plan right now is for him to be the coach next year." (Raleigh News & Observer)

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