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Hubert Davis is in his third season as head coach at his alma mater and his 12th season on the Tar Heel coaching staff. Davis, 53 (turns 54 on May 17, 2024), led the Tar Heels to the 2022 NCAA East Regional championship, a win over Duke in a historic Final Four matchup and a berth in the national championship game in his first season as a head coach. The 1992 graduate of the University of North Carolina received two National Coach-of-the-Year awards as UNC won 17 of its last 21 games and came within a few possessions of securing the program’s seventh NCAA Tournament title. Last season Davis joined Ben Carnevale and Bill Guthridge as the only Tar Heel head coaches to win 20 or more games in each of their first two seasons. He has compiled a 49-23 record in two seasons, including 26-14 in regular-season ACC play. Davis was named the 20th head coach of the UNC men’s basketball program on April 5, 2021. He became the fourth former Tar Heel player to become UNC’s head coach and the first Black head coach in Carolina men’s basketball history. Davis played for Dean Smith at Carolina from 1988-92 and was an assistant coach on Roy Williams’ staff from 2012-21. He played a key role coaching, recruiting and scouting and was the head coach of the UNC junior varsity program for six seasons from 2013-19. “I said (to Coach Davis) keep what’s good but don’t get stuck,” UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham told the media at the 2022 Final Four. “Change what needs to be changed to be modern and current. And I think that’s what Hubert brings — a current mentality to the historical tradition and success that we’ve had.”