To gain enough momentum to be a UNC men’s coach he’ll need to really turn things around and have some success. He currently has taken the position of head men’s basketball coach at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Jerod Haase isn’t technically a member of the Carolina family, but he played for Williams in Kansas and served as an assistant to Williams from 1999-2012. Lebo is going to need to have a lot of success in a short amount of time to prove to the people in Chapel Hill he’s got what it takes. He is currently the head coach at East Carolina. The coaching resume that stands out to a program at the level of UNC isn’t currently there, though. He has been coaching in college since 1990 starting as an assistant where he had three stops (East Tennessee State, Vanderbilt, and South Carolina) before getting his first head coaching job at Tennessee Tech. If a situation such as that with Dean Smith arises, he’d be solid choice to step in for the interim.Īnother member of the Carolina coaching tree, with much more formal experience than a guy like Davis is Jeff Lebo. I don’t see him as a long-term solution, however.
Depending on how long Roy keeps on coaching, Williams may in his early-to-mid 60’s by the time he’d have his opportunity.Robinson would be the Bill Guthridge to Roy Williams’ Dean Smith. I’d like to think that the UNC athletic department will go after a younger coach when the time comes. His age (57 in October) might be a factor in his chances to become the coach. He’s been with Roy for his entire run in Chapel Hill (11 years) as well as seven years while at Kansas. Williams’ longtime assistant, Steve Robinson, is another candidate to give a look to. Ollie had only been an assistant for two years before taking over the Huskies. We can look at Kevin Ollie at the University of Connecticut as a fair comparison to Davis as far as experience. The limited experience isn’t always a factor in coaching success. He has a finite amount of coaching experience at the moment, but when your first job is an assistant at UNC under Roy Williams, you have a great opportunity to learn. Hubert Davis, a Carolina alum, has been with the team as an assistant since 2012. Let’s take a look at a few potential candidates. It will be interesting to see if UNC stays within the “Carolina family” for the successor in Chapel Hill when that time presents itself. I’d like to see him around another five years at least. I hope Roy has a successful run and keeps on going as long as he is in good health. It’s time to discuss a future heir apparent to ‘Good Ole Roy’ for the UNC men’s basketball team.
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