Kim English reverses course on North Carolina assistant coaching role, per report
By Sydney Hunte
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After Kim English was fired as head coach of Providence after three seasons, he reportedly accepted a job as an assistant coach on Mike Malone’s initial staff at North Carolina.
It looks as if he won’t be headed to Chapel Hill after all. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Sunday, English has instead “decided not to pursue an assistant coach position” with the Tar Heels.
English was 48-52 at Providence, including a 23-37 mark in Big East play. After a 21-14 record and an NIT berth in 2024-25, the Friars won a combined 27 games over the next two seasons. He joined Providence after a pair of seasons at George Mason, where he was 34-29.
The former Mizzou standout turned to coaching after a brief professional career. He began as an assistant at Tulsa from 2015-17 and Colorado from 2017-19 before joining Rick Barnes’ staff at Tennessee. After a pair of seasons at Rocky Top, he was named head coach at George Mason before landing at Providence.
Though English was reported as hired by North Carolina, the move was never officially announced. That’s also the case of the reported hiring of former SEC assistant Chuck Martin as Malone’s associate head coach at UNC. The pair coached at Manhattan during the 1999-2000 season.
Sean May, who served on both Williams’s and Hubert Davis’s staffs, has been retained by Malone as an assistant.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
