UNC Basketball coaching search ramps up as front-runner emerges, says insider
Tar Heels official are expected to be busy this week.
UNC Basketball coaching search ramps up as front-runner emerges, says insider originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . We're now 12 days removed from Hubert Davis being fired at North Carolina, and there still isn't a clear front-runner for the position.
However, with the national championship tomorrow night in Indianapolis, expect some movement in the coming days. With that said, a few coaches have removed themselves from consideration for the top job at UNC. Tommy Lloyd is staying at Arizona after signing a lucrative extension with the school.
Also, Michigan's Dusty May has shot down any speculation about him leaving Ann Arbor. Nate Oats got his own extension on Sunday to stay at Alabama as well. This leaves the available pool of coaches being thinned out day by day.
But there is now one name to watch in his process. Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan has been rumored as a possible replacement for David, and unlike any of the college coaches, getting him to UNC doesn't require a huge buyout. The latest from Field of 68's Jeff Goodman indicates Donovan is not a front-runner to take over in Chapel Hill and university officials will be focusing their efforts to try and sway him away from the NBA.