UNC's decision to fire Butch Davis came swiftly

Posted Jul 31, 2011
On Wednesday afternoon, the North Carolina football staff gathered at the Kenan Football Center for a scheduled meeting. "It was supposed to be a seminar," said Ken Browning, the Tar Heels' running backs coach. "It didn't turn out that way." Butch Davis soon appeared, to confirm he had been fired as head coach. Chancellor Holden Thorp had told him a coaching change would be made immediately. (Charlotte Observer)

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