Mack Brown issues statement on North Carolina firing
Mack Brown has issued a statement following his firing as North Carolina’s head coach.
The program announced the decision to part ways with Brown on Tuesday morning. He departs Carolina as the winningest head coach in program history, having won 107 games (so far) across 2 stints with the Tar Heels.
Here’s Brown’s statement in-full:
“While this was not the perfect time and way in which I imagined going out, no time will ever be the perfect time. I’ve spent 16 seasons at North Carolina and will always cherish the memories and relationships Sally and I have built while serving as head coach. We’ve had the chance to coach and mentor some great young men, and we’ll miss having the opportunity to do that in the future. Moving forward, my total focus is on helping these players and coaches prepare for Saturday’s game against NC State and give them the best chance to win. We want to send these seniors out right and I hope our fans will show up Saturday to do the same.”
Despite being fired with 1 week to go in the regular season, Brown will lead the Tar Heels against rival NC State on Saturday afternoon. It’s a big game for both teams as it’s possibly Brown’s final college football game as a head coach and NC State must win in order to reach bowl eligibility.
NC State has won 3 consecutive games in this series. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon.
The Tarheels owe Mack a debt of gratitude for making UNC football relevant.
Man you got that right, he’s literally the reason going back to his first Head Coaching stint there.
Relevant? He has averaged 5 losses a season so he has only made them relevant in the fact that they have gone to a bowl game, but certainly not in a conversation about conference or national championships.
They should have let him resign instead of firing him.
He wouldn’t resign. He kept insisting he was coming back to coach next season. They may have tried to get him to do it, and he let his ego get in the way and told them they would have to fire him to get him to leave.
If I were Mack Brown I wouldn’t retire or step down either, I’d make them fire me just the same. Norm Stewart did the same thing and like Norm, Brown earned the right to make them fire him.
He should have talked to Bubba before announcing he was staying. I suspect that had more to do with the firing than losing Saturday.
College Football is literally being loved to death. What happens to all the people who borrowed money to buy players, then they still couldn’t rake in enough cash to pay their bills? Weird weird weird scenes in the gold mines.