University of North Carolina Athletics

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – This season can be Mack Brown‘s final because the College of North Carolina’s head soccer coach. Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham on Monday knowledgeable Brown, who coached UNC from 1988-97 after which returned to Chapel Hill in Nov., 2018, that he is not going to return as head coach.
 
Brown will coach the staff Saturday in its season finale towards NC State at Kenan Stadium; a choice has not been reached on whether or not Brown will coach in a Bowl sport.
 
“Mack Brown has received extra video games than any soccer coach in UNC historical past, and we deeply recognize all that he has achieved for Carolina soccer and our College,” Cunningham stated. “During the last six seasons – his second marketing campaign in Chapel Hill — he has coached our staff to 6 bowl berths, together with an Orange Bowl, whereas mentoring 18 NFL draft picks. He and his spouse Sally have achieved an impressive job supporting the Carolina neighborhood, together with elevating funds for UNC Kids’s Hospital whereas internet hosting different common occasions such because the Girls Day Clinic. Each even have been terrific in main our program throughout some extremely powerful stretches, together with the tragic passing of extensive receiver Tylee Craft this season.
 
“Coach Brown has led the Carolina soccer program again into the nationwide dialog as we improved this system’s services, considerably elevated the dimensions of the workers, invested in salaries and bolstered our diet and energy and conditioning applications. He additionally has been a devoted fundraiser, strengthening the soccer endowment whereas additionally supporting our different sports activities applications.
 
“We thank Coach Brown for his dedication to Carolina, and need him, Sally and their household all the most effective.”
 
As Brown finishes out the season, Cunningham and Chancellor Lee H. Roberts will start the seek for a brand new head coach. Brown has three years left on his contract; remaining funds can be paid by the Division of Athletics and never by means of state funds.