Hubert Davis

Hubert Davis was named the 20th head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball program on April 5, 2021. Davis is the fourth former Tar Heel player to become UNC’s head coach and the first Black head coach in Carolina men’s basketball history.

Davis led the Tar Heels to the 2022 NCAA East Region championship, a win over Duke in a historic Final Four matchup and a berth in the national championship game, all in his first season as a head coach. The 1992 graduate of the University of North Carolina received two National Coach-of-the-Year awards as UNC won 17 of its last 21 games and came within a few possessions of securing the program’s seventh NCAA Tournament title.

Davis was an assistant coach on Roy Williams’ staff from 2012-21. He played a key role coaching, recruiting and scouting and was the head coach of the UNC junior varsity program for six seasons from 2013-2019.

In his nine seasons on the bench with Williams, the Tar Heels played in eight NCAA Tournaments, advanced to the Final Four and national championship games in 2016 and 2017 and won the NCAA title in 2017.

Prior to beginning his coaching career, Davis worked for seven years with ESPN as an analyst and co-host of the College GameDay program.

The New York Knicks selected Davis with the 20th pick in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft. While a Tar Heel, he played in 137 games during which time UNC went 102-37, won the 1989 and 1991 ACC Tournaments and played in the 1991 Final Four. He scored 1,615 points, an average of 11.8 per game. He still holds the UNC record for career three-point percentage at .435 (197 of 453). He scored in double figures 80 times with 23 games scoring 20 or more points. Davis graduated from UNC with a degree in criminal justice.

He and his wife, Leslie, have three children.