By Ryan Shepard Apr 6, 2021 Hubert Davis has been hired as the next head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. Davis is the first Black man to hold this role at the university. "I am honored and humbled to be given the opportunity to lead this program," he said. "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. I also would not be here without Chancellor [ Kevin] Guskiewicz and Bubba Cunningham. I appreciate their faith in me and I look forward to working closely with them."