Draymond Green breaks down UNC's coaching search and argues Jerry Stackhouse, a former NBA star and UNC alumnus, should get a serious look. Most top candidates won't leave their jobs, and in the NIL era, a coach's name and alumni connections matter more than ever for recruiting and donor money.
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University of North Carolina job is open and there are a lot of big names being thrown around. I've seen Brad Stevens, I've seen Billy Donovan. Quite honestly, I don't think either one of those guys are going back to college. We can cross those names off. I've seen Dusty May pop up. I don't think Dusty May is leaving the University of Michigan. I've seen Tommy Lloyd pop up, Todd Golden from Florida. I don't think those coaches are leaving their schools to go to North Carolina. And so I think North Carolina's gonna have an interesting choice to make. You can look at some other names. TJ Otzelberger from Iowa State. Draymond Green, Jaden Daniels from Alabama, Grant McCaslin from Texas Tech. This is the NIL era. And how do you get a name your biggest donors would be willing to support? And so I think North Carolina's at a crossroad. When you look at some of these big names, if you can pull in one of these big names, yes, that helps with your NIL. But if you don't, I think you're going to end up having to turn back to— Atarheel. People that your program will rally around, that former players will rally around, boosters will rally around. And one name that pops out to me is Jerry Stackhouse. I think Stackhouse should definitely be in the running for this job. It'll be interesting to see, give Stackhouse an interview because they may be a little afraid like, "Oh man, we just had a player. We just had an African American." Everybody aren't the same.