North Carolina working to finalize deal to hire Michael Malone as basketball coach, AP source says‎

Malone would replace Hubert Davis, who was fired March 24 after five seasons as the successor to retired Hall of Famer Roy Williams. The 54-year-old Malone spent 12 seasons as a head coach in the NBA, including a 10-year run in Denver. The Nuggets fired Malone last spring with less than a week left in that regular season. Almost a year to the day later in another surprise move, Malone is on the verge of taking over a blue-blood program with six national titles, a record 21 appearances in the Final Four and alums including Michael Jordan, James Worthy Vince Carter and Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring leader Tyler Hansbrough.