Brown ranks seventh all-time with 288 career wins.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — CBS Sports has reported that North Carolina head coach Mack Brown plans to remain with the Tar Heels beyond the 2024 season.
Throughout the year, there had been speculation about whether this would be Brown’s last season in Chapel Hill, especially after UNC lost four games in a row, including an embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison.
Brown, 73, is in his sixth season at UNC since returning to the program in 2018. During his second stint with the Tar Heels, the program has amassed an overall record of 44-31, including a 6-4 mark this season.
A 2018 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, Brown began his head coaching career at Tulane in 1985 before coming to UNC for the first time in 1988. During his time there from 1988-97, the Tar Heels won at least eight games five times and had 10 wins on three occasions.
Brown is perhaps most well-known for his time at Texas. He joined the Longhorns in 1998 and won at least nine games every year from 1998 to 2009. In 2005, Brown led Texas to a BCS National Championship.
North Carolina has two more games left in the regular season, the first on the road at Boston College and the second at home against rival N.C. State. If the Tar Heels win those final two games, it will mark the fourth time in the past five seasons UNC has reached that win total.
Brown’s 288 career wins rank seventh in College Football history, four behind Nick Saban (292).
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