After Hubert Davis' firing, Celtics exec Brad Stevens reportedly says he's not interested in UNC job

In the wake of Hubert Davis’ firing at North Carolina , Brad Stevens has no desire to leave the Boston Celtics. According to CBS Sports, the former Butler coach and current Celtics president of basketball operations “has removed his name from consideration for the Tar Heels job. ” Tuesday night, North Carolina made it official that it was moving on from Davis after days of speculation.

Stevens last officially coached a basketball game in 2021 when he was on the sidelines for the Celtics and last coached a college basketball game in 2013. He took Butler to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2010 and 2011 and in 2010, forward Gordon Hayward’s game-winning buzzer beater from mid-court bounced off the rim. The Bulldogs were 166-49 in his six seasons with the school.

Stevens left Butler at the end of the 2012-13 season to become the Celtics’ head coach. Even though he hasn’t coached college basketball in over a decade, Stevens’ name has come up when coaching jobs at blue-blood programs have come open. He’s been one of the first name mentioned in Indiana’s recent coaching searches because he’s a native of Zionsville, Indiana.

It’s not a surprise that he could have been linked to the UNC job. And it’s even less of a surprise that he is staying in Boston. In eight seasons on the Celtics’ sidelines, Stevens was 354-282.