For first time in the modern era, the coaching carousel runs through North Carolina after firing Mack Brown

North Carolina fired Mack Brown on Tuesday, setting in motion a coaching carousel that has been lacking movement at the power conference level. While the American Athletic Conference already has a half-dozen coaching changes in progress, and CBS Sports insiders expect a robust market for power conference coordinators and assistants, the apparent cooling of multiple hot seats over the past month suggests a quiet year for change at major programs.

But North Carolina moving on from Brown puts the program in an unfamiliar position. For the first time in the modern era, the national coaching carousel runs through Chapel Hill.

This is not a school that has ever held all the cards when it comes to football searches. Thanks to the work of Brown’s second stint, however, North Carolina football is as healthy and attractive a job as it has been in decades. Brown raised the floor, ushered the fan base and donors into the NIL era, and repaired relationships throughout the state that had become fractured during previous tenures. He will end the “Mack 2.0” era with six consecutive bowl-eligible seasons, an ACC runner-up finish in 2022, and an Orange Bowl appearance in 2020.

In comparison, previous North Carolina football hires have inherited:  

A program that won just five games combined across 2017-18 A program in the midst of NCAA scandal with sanctions on the way A program that had gone 27-45 across six seasons with just two bowl appearances A program that had lost its footing from the highs of the Mack Brown 1.0 era — 1999 was its first losing season since 1989.   

Every coach hired since Brown’s exit (which led to the promotion of defensive coordinator Carl Torbush) was tasked with fixing major issues within the program. By moving on from Mack…

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Author : Chip Patterson

Publish date : 2024-11-26 22:06:00

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