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Report: Hubert Davis, UNC agreed to contract extension prior to 2024-2025 season

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Hubert Davis and North Carolina reportedly agreed to a contract extension over the summer, according to Brian Murphy. The extension lasts until 2030.

Davis has been with North Carolina since 2012, his first and only coaching gig. He was an assistant under Roy Williams from 2012-21 and then took over as head coach.

An alum of the school, Davis is 97-42 as head coach and went to the NCAA Tournament finals in his first year at the helm. However, the team declined an NIT invitation the following season.

Last year, Davis led UNC back to the NCAA Tournament, winning the ACC regular season title. However, the Tar Heels lost in the Sweet 16.

This season been’s up and down for UNC, but during a recent win over Virginia, Davis maintained that the team chemistry is starting to really click.

“I think we have a number of guys that are playing confident out there and just making impactful plays on both ends of the floor,” Davis said. “Ven-Allen has been playing really well. Drake, we talked about J-Whit. Ian comes in, and he gives us a boost and J-Wash and Cade the last couple games. And so we’re getting impactful plays from a number of different parts. That’s what helps out when you know the rare times that RJ, percentage wise, isn’t shooting the ball the way that he’s usually able to.”

Davis realized North Carolina had more joy in their basketball which could lead to some banner results in the postseason.

“That puts the biggest smile on my face, because there’s nothing better than seeing them smile and being happy,” Davis said. “I talked about the quietness of this team, the level of quietness, the noise has gone up like just in shoot around today.

“They were in shootaround today and they were yelling and jumping around. And at the beginning of the year, I had to start it. Today, I just got to sit and watch it. And so the joy of being here, the joy of being together as a team and trying to become the best that we can be, has really gotten better.”