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As the Final Four kicks off this weekend, North Carolina's coaching continues in wait and see mode. Top Tar Heel targets Tommy Lloyd and Dusty May, square off Saturday night in a game with added significance for the Carolina faithful as both coaches are viewed as potential home run hires for the seat left vacant by Hubert Davis. Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the waiting game and the importance of the wait for all involved in the coaching search process. Barnes and Ashley share their Final Four picks to wr...

Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the coaching carousel news of the past few days. Barnes and Ashley talking North Carolina State, highlighting Justin Gainey as a strong candidate due to his familiarity with the program and fan base. The conversation touches on Bill Self's decision to stay at Kansas, which benefits North Carolina in its search as it puts the Tar Heels front and center across the country. Barnes describes the chaos surrounding the sport with hirings and changes across especially with the transfer portal looming. The discussion emphasizes t...

New subscribers get 75% off an annual subscription to http://www.insidecarolina.com. The best reporters delivering the trusted scoop, plus the leading message board community. Join now: https://www.on3.com/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels/join/ North Carolina's administration from current athletic director Bubba Cunningham, to future AD Steve Newmark to Chancellor Lee Roberts has mentioned the need to hire a championship level coach at UNC. But winning it all and finding that coach with those banners in their office is not always easy. And it is even harder to win said banners as a head coach. ...

North Carolina head baseball coach Scott Forbes and Carolina success on the baseball diamond go hand in hand these days. The UNC administration awarded that success with a contract extension and support going forward as the Heels power through the ACC slate. Forbes joined Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley and Grace Nugent to talk pressure to win, mound visits, 'soft tossing lefties' and the necessary approach to the game with a red hot Boston College squad coming to Boshamer on Easter Weeekend. Visit the No. 1 site for UNC sports coverage and community: http://www...

As North Carolina fans await news - any news - on the search for a new head coach, Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the challenges for Tar Heel fans, followers and the reporter tasked to cover the news in this massive social media era. The longer the wait, the more those rumors and unsubstantiated reports flow across the Internet. With those challenges, Barnes highlights key aspects of covering major events, sourcing and making sure the coverage is timely, but most importantly, right and accurate. Barnes highlights his coverage of UNC's 2010 NCAA p...

As North Carolina's coaching search extends into its second week, Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss that process and how the events of the past six days have shaped the timeline for the Smith Center renovate/relocate debate and decision. Over the weekend, UNC announced that process had been tabled in order to give the new head coach a chance to settle in at Carolina without that big decision looming while tackling the job of bring the basketball program back to prominence. Barnes and Ashley talk patience, not only in that building process, b...

New subscribers get 75% off an annual subscription to http://www.insidecarolina.com. The best reporters delivering the trusted scoop, plus the leading message board community. Join now: https://www.on3.com/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels/join/ North Carolina's coaching search extends beyond the college ranks as current Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan is among the candidates for the Tar Heel coaching vacancy after the firing of Hubert Davis. Donovan's rise to the professional ranks began with elite success on the collegiate level. His Florida Gators won back to back national titles in 2006 and 2007. Before that, Donovan played and...

Since the firing of Hubert Davis, the 'Carolina Family' has been a topic of conversation across the fanbase, the alumni base and in the national media. For the first time in 60 years, North Carolina will reach outside that family to hire its next basketball coach. Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley is joined by former Tar Heel Dewey Burke to get an inside look at how everything went down that resulted in Davis's dismissal, the aftermath and the re-energized feeling permeating through everyone associated with and around the program. Burke and Ashley also get into the Dean Sm...

New subscribers get 75% off an annual subscription to http://www.insidecarolina.com. The best reporters delivering the trusted scoop, plus the leading message board community. Join now: https://www.on3.com/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels/join/ As his Michigan team has climbed the ladder of success this season, Dusty May has placed his name in the category of elite coaches in college basketball. The Wolverines came into the NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest after a regular season that saw them return to the top of the polls and maintain a level of excellence in the Big...

As the college basketball landscape has changed significantly over the past decade, the notion of 'Carolina Family' has not for most associated with the North Carolina basketball program. So what is the Carolina Family and what defines that term and how has the transfer portal affected the idea of who is 'family' and who is not? With UNC's coaching search focusing exclusively on coaches with non-Carolina backgrounds, Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley for a conversation about recent comments by Tar Heel legend Kenny Smith and how this dynamic shift in approach will shape...

New subscribers get 75% off an annual subscription to http://www.insidecarolina.com. The best reporters delivering the trusted scoop, plus the leading message board community. Join now: https://www.on3.com/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels/join/ Leading Arizona into the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 overall seed, head coach Tommy Lloyd has risen in the ranks of the college basketball community with the Wildcats and is squarely in focus for North Carolina as a top candidate to take over the Tar Heel program. Inside Carolina's Rob Harrington and Sean Moran join Joey Powell for a closer look at...

Roughly 36 hours after the dismissal of Hubert Davis, North Carolina is in search of the next head coach to lead the Tar Heel program into the future. While timing is of the essence given the nature of the transfer portal era, making this big hire will shape the next 10-20 years and beyond, so finding and securing the right fit on a multitude of levels is paramount in Chapel Hill. Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley for a discussion of the process of hiring the next coach at UNC, the timing of the process, h...