Inside Michael Malone's college coaching career timeline, from Oakland to Providence to Manhattan
Michael Malone has coached in the NBA for decades, but UNC is not his first college coaching gig.
Inside Michael Malone's college coaching career timeline, from Oakland to Providence to Manhattan originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . When most fans hear the name Michael Malone, their minds jump to the decade he spent as head coach of the Denver Nuggets.
He led them to a championship in 2023 before getting ousted in 2025. Now, Malone is headed to Chapel Hill as the next head coach for North Carolina's men's basketball team. The last time Malone coached college hoops in 2001, the majority of current stars weren't alive.
Now, it's time for Malone to get back on the saddle and attempt to right the ship for UNC. Malone's early career saw him coach for three different college teams, however. What collegiate experience is he bringing to this new job?
Let's find out. MORE: Who is Michael Malone? What UNC fans need to know Michael Malone's college coaching career timeline Malone began his coaching career as an assistant at a local high school, Friends School of Baltimore, while he played for the Loyola (MD) team in the early '90s.