The North Carolina Tar Heels intend to hire former NBA coach Mike Malone to be the team’s next head coach, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Sources: North Carolina intends to hire longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as the school’s next basketball coach. He’s an NBA Championship coach with the Denver Nuggets from the 2022-23 season and has won 510 games as an NBA head coach. pic.twitter.com/JwJmUNRLQT
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Malone spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the Denver Nuggets and coached them to their first ever NBA championship in 2023.
He was fired by the Nuggets prior to the playoffs last season and later joined ESPN as an analyst. Malone is already familiar with the school as his daughter is currently a volleyball player for the Tar Heels.
He’s now set to replace Hubert Davis, who was fired by the Tar Heels after they fell to VCU in the opening round of this year’s NCAA Tournament.
James Parker contributed to this story.
