1 seed in the NCAA Tournament only two years ago. The Tar Heels won a national championship as recently as four years ago while winning a share of the ACC regular-season title to go with a No. Now it’s up to Davis to keep the Tar Heels among the nation’s elite programs. He was a first-round NBA draft pick by the New York Knicks and spent a dozen seasons in the league.Īfter his playing career, Davis spent seven years with ESPN as a college basketball analyst until Williams asked Davis to join his staff in 2012 - which Davis said at the time was “a total surprise.” He had also served as head coach of the UNC junior varsity team and oversaw the program’s charitable endeavors.ĭavis, the nephew of former UNC player and NBA All-Star Walter Davis, played for Smith from 1988-92 and still holds the program record for career 3-point percentage (.435). “I would not be here without Coach Dean Smith, Coach Bill Guthridge and Coach Roy Williams they taught me so much – and I’m eager to walk their path in my shoes and with my personality.”ĭavis had been on Williams’ staff since 2012 as a bench coach, recruiter and scout, including a run to the 2016 NCAA title game and then the championship a year later. “I am honored and humbled to be given the opportunity to lead this program,” Davis said. His hiring also marks a groundbreaking moment as the first Black coach in the history of the program. The Tar Heels are staying in the “Carolina family” again, this time by turning to a trusted former player who has never been a college head coach.
It has worked before, with longtime assistant Bill Guthridge taking over after Smith’s 1997 retirement and leading the Tar Heels to two Final Fours, as well as Williams’ return from Kansas in 2003.īut it didn’t work during the three-year tumultuous tenure of Matt Doherty – including an 8-20 season in 2002 – after Williams turned down the job following Guthridge’s retirement in 2000. The school has long had a history of turning to people with UNC ties to lead its program, which owns six NCAA championships. All three of his NCAA championships came with the Tar Heels. He added that when actress Harriet Walter, who plays one of Logan’s ex-wives, Caroline Collingwood, showed up to film the episode centering on Logan’s funeral, even she was surprised.Williams retired after 18 seasons at his alma mater in a career that also included 15 years at Kansas and 903 overall victories. “I even kept his death secret from my wife until I inadvertently mentioned something funny that happened in Norway. “They did indeed print up a bunch of decoys to put people off,” Friedman noted. “Some fans online zoomed in on the order-of-service from the funeral - I think Sarah had it in her hand - and it said ‘Ewan Roy,'” who is Logan’s brother (played by James Cromwell). “When you think of all those extras at Logan’s funeral or Connor’s (Alan Ruck) wedding, it’s amazing nothing leaked,” he said. Friedman marvels that producers were able to keep everything secret, including a funeral scene that involved hundreds of cast and crew, even though fans were obsessing over every detail. This season has thrown some huge surprises in that fans didn’t see coming, though, including Shiv’s (Sarah Snook) pregnancy and Logan’s death. “The darts are all over the board, but they’ve been narrowing it down to what’s actually going to happen.” “I sometimes look at Reddit and, let me tell you, people are on the right track,” he says. Friedman reads those theories, and says some of the fan speculation is not far off the mark. 'Perry Mason' Canceled After Two Seasons on HBOĪs the fourth - and final - season finale approaches, fan speculation has hit a fever pitch as online commenters share their theories on who will ultimately be chosen to run the company as the show’s title looks to finally fulfill its promise.
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