Brad Stevens should be UNC's first call to replace Hubert Davis
They might say no, but North Carolina has to force Brad Stevens and Billy Donovan to turn down the job before pivoting to other candidates.
North Carolina did it. UNC basketball pulled the trigger and decided to fire coach Hubert Davis on Tuesday night. This creates an opening at one of the prestige coaching jobs in American college sports, in the same conversation with Alabama football and the Dallas Cowboys' head coach.
Brad Stevens and Billy Donovan might say no, but North Carolina needs to make their first calls to those two candidates. Let's discuss and lay out the specifics: Billy Donovan Let's actually start with Billy Donovan. He shouldn't be Carolina's first call, but if Brad Stevens says no, his agent should get a call.
Donovan has preferred to coach in the NBA, but his tenure with the Chicago Bulls seems to be at an end. North Carolina might be the one college job Donovan would take. The opportunity exists.
Donovan wouldn't take "just any job. " UNC is not just any job. Logistics Because Billy Donovan is still coaching the Bulls right now, it's easier for Carolina to contact Brad Stevens, who -- in an executive role with the Boston Celtics -- is not as tied down the way Donovan is.