Hubert Davis is the head coach of North Carolina men's basketball team. On April 5, 2021, the team announced Hubert would be taking over as head coach following the retirement of Roy Williams. Davis is the 20th coach in program history and the team's first Black head coach. He played under Dean Smith, had a 12-year career in the NBA and spent nine years on Williams' coaching staff.
This year, Pete Nance will take on a starting role on a preseason No. 1 team with national championship aspirations as a player who has never played once in the NCAA Tournament.
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“Coach Williams is the greatest. I’m Hubert,” Hubert Davis said at his introductory press conference. “As I said before, the only thing I need to do, is to do this job with my personality and in my shoes.”
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A former player under Dean Smith and 12-year NBA veteran before spending nine years on Williams' coaching staff, Davis was announced on Monday as the next head coach of the North Carolina men's basketball team, and first Black head coach in program history, following Williams' retirement on April 1.
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Hubert Davis will be the new head coach of the North Carolina men's basketball team, the Raleigh News & Observer reported on Monday. Davis, an assistant coach on Roy Williams' bench for the past nine years and a player at UNC under Dean Smith from 1988-1992, will ascend to the position after Williams announced his retirement on April 1. He will be the first Black head coach in program history.
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After 33 seasons of Division I head coaching, UNC men's basketball head coach Roy Williams announced he'd be stepping away from the game. So now, the Tar Heel faithful are faced with the question they never wanted to ask themselves: Who could replace Roy?
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