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UNC's Search for a 'Championship Level Coach' - IC Daily | College Basketball

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome in to another Inside Carolina Daily. It is April 1st. It is not April Fool's Day.

0:06.2

Well, I guess it is April Fool's Day, but we are not fooling. That's Greg Barnes. I'm Tommy

0:10.4

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0:15.0

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0:24.4

We talked yesterday about rumors and reporting and the challenges of all that.

0:31.0

Greg, this is not the same, but it's similar of the challenge, and that's winning.

0:36.8

We talk a lot about, remember we've talked a lot about over the last few days, last week,

0:42.0

of Carolina wants to hire a championship level coach.

0:46.4

What is that?

0:48.0

And also, how difficult is that for people to achieve?

0:51.9

I think we can start wherever you want to go with it,

0:54.9

but there have been a lot of great coaches that have never won

0:58.4

or won very few relatively to the time they coach.

1:03.0

It's amazing when folks think about dynasties,

1:07.9

what dynasties really are.

1:09.3

But anyway, the challenge to win in your mind.

1:13.4

Well, look, I mean, North Carolina hired Dean Smith, and he was an assistant coach.

1:19.5

North Carolina hired Marie Williams, and he was an accomplished coach, Kansas.

1:24.9

But he had not yet won a national championship.

1:29.9

It is incredibly difficult.

1:32.5

And this is one of the conversations that we've had before, Tommy, and what defines success?

1:40.3

And I've been on the Dean Smith train for a long time in this regard.

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