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Message: [QUOTE="JeepCSC, post: 2501554, member: 3214"] Digging a little deeper, UNC’s first HOF coach was hired because he was in Chapel Hill doing ROTC during WW2 (Carnevale). The replacement coach lasted 6 years but was fired for not keeping up with NC State (and also back-to-back losing seasons). The second HOFer was hired next (McGuire). The third HOFer (Smith) became an assistant when McGuire asked Carnevale for help searching. Smith became head coach two years later. Then his assistant Guthridge got the job, then a former player in Doherty, then back to a former assistant in Roy. And of course Roy got his KU job because KU first went to former Phog player Coach Smith and he said no, but take a look at my assistant. Long story short (too late!), coaching hires are a lot of who you know and a bit of luck. But you also need to know when to cut your losses and move on. [/QUOTE]