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Brigid Kennedy

The Family Tie That May Have Influenced Michael Malone to Take North Carolina Job

After hiring future Hall of Famer Bill Belichick to lead their football team back in 2024, the North Carolina Tar Heels are converting yet another former professional coach to the NCAA with their impending addition of ex-NBA guru Michael Malone, who is expected to fill the men's basketball head coach position vacated by the dismissal of Hubert Davis.

Malone, 54, was most recently the coach of the Nuggets, with whom he won an NBA title in 2022–23. Despite that success, the team shockingly fired him just before the playoffs last April. He has since been working as an ESPN analyst.

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