If you're surprised that Michael Malone will be the next coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, that's understandable. Unlike Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan, another candidate for the job, and ...

CHAPEL HILL — The crowd inside the Smith Center celebrated the arrival of Michael Malone as the new UNC men’s basketball coach, but it was a “bittersweet” moment for the Tar Heels’ next leader. Even ...

The University of North Carolina intends to hire longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as its next basketball coach. ESPN's Pete Thamel first reported the news of Malone's hiring. Two sources also ...

New UNC coach Michael Malone will have a lucrative $4 million salary pool for his assistant coaches and staffers. Ron Chenoy / Imagn Images CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — To restore its men’s basketball program ...

Michael Malone will have expectations to raise another championship banner for UNC. Ron Chenoy / Imagn Images CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — As if that staging was accidental. As if North Carolina, on the day it ...

The UNC Tar Heels are dipping into the NBA pool for its next men’s basketball coach. After Hubert Davis was fired following a shocking loss to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament earlier ...

CHAPEL HILL — Michael Malone will be the next UNC men’s basketball coach. UNC’s Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting and approved the hire on Tuesday, April 7, before Malone’s introductory ...

Mike Malone initially didn’t have any interest in the North Carolina men’s basketball coach opening. During his introductory press conference Tuesday in Chapel Hill, Malone recalled one quick phone ...

Michael Malone has accepted an offer to be UNC’s next basketball coach, the first one outside “the family” in most of our lifetimes. Malone became familiar with UNC thanks to his daughter Bridget, a ...

North Carolina has its next basketball coach, as it's hiring former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone for its vacancy, the school announced Tuesday, April 7. The news was originally confirmed by USA ...

North Carolina has hired longtime NBA coach Michael Malone to replace Hubert Davis. Malone, who previously coached the Denver Nuggets to an NBA championship, has no recent college coaching experience.

Monday's bombshell news that North Carolina is hiring former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone as its next men's basketball coach sent shockwaves throughout basketball. Malone, who was fired in ...