UNC chancellor mum on who's next after Hubert Davis firing

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts did not give details about what the university is looking for in its next men's basketball coach.
Posted 3/26/2026, 5:46:52 PM Updated 3/26/2026, 10:41:43 PM

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THIS IS WRAL.

>> 2 TRIANGLE AREA UNIVERSITIES

ARE LOOKING FOR A HEAD

BASKETBALL COACH IN CHAPEL

HILL. THE PROCESS IS WELL ON

ITS WAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US. I'M ASHLEY ROVE AND I'M

MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE WRAL.

SEAN GALLAGHER IS ON CAMPUS AT

UNC AND JOHN, HOW FAR ALONG ARE

WE IN THIS PROCESS?

>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE

UNIVERSITY'S HIRED A FIRM TO

HELP THEM WITH THE PROCESS

BECAUSE THEY EXPECT SO MANY

PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB

BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE HOTTEST

TICKETS IN THE COUNTRY. UNC AND

BASKETBALL GO HAND IN HAND LIKE

ALL OF THE TRADITIONS HERE LIKE

YOU SEE HERE WITH THE OLD WELL,

AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE JUST 2

DAYS REMOVED FROM HUBERT DAVIS,

DAVIS BEING FIRED ONE SPORTS

AGENT, I TALK TO THINKS THEY

ALREADY HAVE THEIR SIGHTS ON

WHO THEY WANT.

JUST ONE OF THE ROBBERS DIDN'T

GET TO HIS POSITION BY BEING

INDECISIVE. HE KNOWS WHAT HE

WANTS TO LEAD THE UNIVERSITY.

AND SO

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHOEVER

WE PUT IN THAT RULE UNDERSTANDS

THE INSTRUCTIONAL DYNAMICS.

>> OF A PLACE LIKE CAROLINA AND

CAN OPERATE IN THIS

ENVIRONMENT. SOUNDS A LOT LIKE

QUALITIES FOR A BASKETBALL

COACH, RIGHT? BUT ON THE

CONTRARY, THAT'S WHAT HE HAD TO

SAY THAT ARE OPEN. VICE PROVOST

POSITION.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING

HUBERT DAVIS ISSUES, THOUGH,

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO

WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY, BUT THE

STUDENTS IN CHAPEL HILL HAVE

PLENTY. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DISCIPLINE,

NOT THINK THAT AN EXPERIENCE

MATTER. IS THAT REALLY A GUY

WHO CAN MAKE IN-GAME

ADJUSTMENTS, UNC ATHLETICS

DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY WANT THE

RIGHT FIT, BUT THERE'S REALLY

ONLY ONE THING THAT MATTERS

HERE MAKE SOME FINAL FOURS IN

A WEDDING WINNING ITS ITS

WINNING ITS CULTURE, ITS

HISTORY, ITS THAT CULTURE THAT

MAKES THIS SUCH A LUCRATIVE

GIG. EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME

TO USC SPORTS AGENT. BUTCH

WILLIAMS BELIEVES THE WHEELS

ARE ALREADY IN MOTION AND

THINKS THE DECISION MAKERS

ALREADY HAVE THEIR WHITE WHALES

IN MIND IS PROBABLY WELL FULL

5 THAT HE'S BEEN GOING AFTER.

>> RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY'S

CALLING IN. BUT THESE ARE THE

ONES THAT HE PROBABLY WAR.

ALL YOU SEE REAL. SO.

>> AND SOON TO BUTCH WILLIAMS,

HE THINKS IN A WEEK OR SO THEY

COULD MAKE THAT DECISION.

BUT SO FAR, BUBBA CUNNINGHAM,

THE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR HERE

SAYS THERE'S NO TIMELINE THIS

IS GOING TO TAKE AS LONG AS IT

TAKES FOR THEM TO FIND THE

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