Ten North Carolina Men’s Basketball Coaching Candidates After Hubert Davis’s Departure

After a college coaching carousel that had lacked true fireworks early on, the sport was rocked on Tuesday when North Carolina and head coach Hubert Davis parted ways.

Davis, who was Roy Williams’s handpicked successor in Chapel Hill, N.C., had gotten off to a roaring start with a trip to the national title game and a win over Duke in Mike Krzyzewski’s final game in 2022. But since then, things have been rocky. Last year’s near miss of the NCAA men’s tournament was a mess and put Davis on a warm seat entering this season. While for much of this season Davis seemed to be doing enough to save his job, the Heels stumbled late once star Caleb Wilson was ruled out for the season. A collapse after leading by 19 in the first round of the NCAA tournament accelerated conversations, and just a few days later, Davis is now out.