He is really classy in every way and he really bleeds the colors of Tar Heel blue. He has such a passion. He raved about Hubert. He raved about him. He has earned the right to represent our school. His integrity and character are beyond reproach. He is truly a gifted coach, teacher of the game and mentor. Any parent would love to send their son to play for Hubert. He makes everyone he meets feel important because they are important to him.
Fiercely competitive. Puts others before himself. Loves North Carolina. He has the utmost respect and appreciation for all he learned from Roy Williams, and his NBA experience will be a huge benefit too. Hubert will crush it as the Tar Heels head coach. Duke has never had a Black head coach. Kansas has never had a Black head coach. Kentucky had one. All those programs have had a whole lot of Black players.
But I can count the Black head coaches on one hand. The Hubert Davis hire matters. Smart guy, and an A plus human being. This was a layup. Hubert was an overachiever who also became a first-round draft choice. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. I was in college in the summer of and a relatively recent graduate in the spring of I marveled at the first hand accounts that random people could get about showing Roy Williams around campus.
When Williams said no the first time, the additional spinning that went into figuring out the eventual replacement sent that online community into even more of a tizzy. You have to keep in mind, this is in the age before any sort of social media existed and newspapers were still the gold standard of journalism locally. It quickly became such a deep tunnel, once Matt Doherty was named in you were just thankful they had found Fast forward to just two years ago, and the landscape was completely different as Bubba Cunningham fired Larry Fedora and quickly pounced on Mack Brown.
Multiple outlets were covering the team, Twitter made even that seem antiquated as people tripped all over each other to get news out, and it was to the point that even though Brown was hired pretty quickly, folks already had an opinion about who they wanted to coach the squad.
I always dreamt about working at UNC when I got into coaching. I love Hubert. I look up to him because of his character and as a man of faith. He represents all of the things I believe in as a leader. Other Sports. SI TIX. New North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis announced his staff, including assistant coaches. Read More.
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