Kim English, former Mizzou star, to fill assistant role with ACC program, per report
By Ethan Stone
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Kim English, who starred at Missouri from 2009-2012 and served as an assistant coach at Tennessee, is reportedly expected to be hired by North Carolina to work as an assistant coach under recently hired head coach Michael Malone.
English will head to North Carolina looking to help lift the Tar Heels back to national prominence following the firing of Hubert Davis. North Carolina has won just 2 postseason matchups across the past 4 seasons and turned to Malone — who led the Nuggets to an NBA title in 2023 — to be the man to right the ship.
As mentioned above, English has some big-time SEC ties. He starred as a forward for Missouri from 2009-2012, thriving on the defensive end while being as efficient as any scorer in the league. Following a brief NBA career with the Detroit Pistons, English turned to coaching, serving as an assistant with Tulsa and Colorado before landing at Tennessee under Rick Barnes.
English turned his 3 good years at Tennessee into a job pitch and became George Mason’s head coach starting in the 2021-22 season. After 2 good seasons with George Mason, English took the vacant Providence job, where he coached for 3 years before being fired last month.
While English struggled to win at Providence, he’s regarded as an excellent assistant coach who should fit in well with North Carolina as the Tar Heels try to fight their way back to the top.
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
