UNC needs to hire a big name

Posted Nov 30, 2011
New North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham has one less top-tier candidate to interview for his soon-to-be vacant football coaching position after Ohio State hired Urban Meyer Monday. Granted there was very little chance Meyer was going to take the gig in Chapel Hill, but it does have to raise a question as to where does Cunningham turn to find the next man to walk the sideline at Kenan Stadium. (Richmond County Daily Journal)

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