UNC to Introduce Butch Davis Monday

North Carolina football coach John Bunting coaches his final game for UNC Saturday as the Tar Heels travel to Durham to face the Duke Blue Devils.

It will be an intense rivalry between two ACC cellar dwellers. But, win or lose, John Bunting's coaching career at UNC will come to an end once the clock strikes 0:00.

And although this chapter in UNC football will come to a close, the program will continue to move forward as Butch Davis will be announced as the new head coach for UNC just 48 hours later.

UNC will hold a press conference on Monday at 3:00 PM to formally introduce Butch Davis as North Carolina's new head football coach.

With this hiring comes a renewed hope for the UNC team and its followers, but it won't be without its challenges. Davis has been out of the college game for several years and will be far removed from the fertile recruiting grounds of Florida where he assembled the roster that won Miami's Larry Coker a national championship.

Davis must also assemble a top-notch staff capable of restoring confidence to the returning players, retain current verbal commitments, and upgrade the level of incoming talent on an annual basis. Oh, and then there are always the X's and O's of football to consider.

It's no easy job, to be sure. But if anyone seems capable of the challenge, it's Butch Davis.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-30-2006 @ 9:15PM

grady jeffries said...

A LOT OF PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND, OR EITHER THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE TRUTH. THE TRUTH IS THAT UNC HAS BEEN TABBED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 BEST FOOTBALL JOBS IN THE COUNTRY. UNC IS ONE OF THE NATION'S VERY BEST UNIVERSITIES. ITS FACILITIES ARE SECOND TO NONE. AND KIDS WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE. AND, SINCE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE KIDS, THEY WANT TO GO WHERE THERE FRIENDS WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. ALL UNC NEEDED WAS A HIGH-OCTANE COACH WHO CAN RECRUIT LIKE MACK BROWN DID. MACK TOOK UNC TO TOP FIVE AND COULD HAVE GONE HIGHER HAD HIS EGO NOT H AVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY. JUST STAND BY AND WATCH.

12-01-2006 @ 5:26PM

Todd Morris said...

UNC has had everything needed for football success with the exception of a great coach. Everyone (including me) liked John Bunting, but it is obvious that John didn't have what it takes as a head coach. He can't be held to blame for the woes of tar heel fotball since the Mack Brown era. Carl Torbush was a bad choice as head coach, then Joh followed. A program left at its pinnacle, as mack left the UNC program should have hired a top quality proven head coach then, but we didn't. When Torbush left, we had an opportunity again. If memory serves me correctly, Frank Beamer was VERY interested in the job, but couldn't come to terms with Dick Baddour. Dick went with an unproven person in John Bunting. We have all come to love him, but the fans and teh players deserve a proven coach who can bring this prgram to where it should be. Thanks Dick! You FINALLY got it right!