North Carolina fires Hubert Davis: How disappointing March Madness results led to Tar Heels parting ways with coach

North Carolina fires Hubert Davis: How disappointing March Madness results led to Tar Heels parting ways with coach originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . As one of college basketball's blue bloods, North Carolina's bar for success is enormously high.

In the eyes of the school, coach Hubert Davis wasn't meeting it. Davis was fired by the Tar Heels on Tuesday night, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello , ending a five-year run that began with a surprise appearance in the national championship game but a struggle to get back to that stage. Chosen as Roy Williams' successor in 2021, Davis found himself under pressure after missing the NCAA Tournament in 2023 despite being the preseason No.

1 team and never fully took himself off the hot seat despite spurts of success in the years that followed. Here's what you need to know about Davis' firing and his March Madness track record. MARCH MADNESS HQ: Live NCAA bracket | TV schedule | Latest news and more Why UNC fired Hubert Davis Field of 68's Jeff Goodman reported that Davis was on the hot seat because North Carolina was struggling to live up to championship-level expectations.

"It's former players, it's boosters, it's everybody understanding that Hubert Davis hasn't done the standard at Carolina," Goodman said. "The standard is to be competing for national titles. The standard is competing for Final Fours.