UNC expected to hire Michael Malone, ex-Nuggets coach, as men's basketball coach: Source

North Carolina is expected to hire former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone as its next men’s basketball coach, a source briefed on negotiations said Monday.Malone, 54, emerged as a prime candidate after top college options like Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd and Michigan’s Dusty May removed themselves from the process. Malone has never been a college head coach and last worked in college as an assistant at Manhattan in 2001, but has 12 seasons of NBA head-coaching experience with the Nuggets and Sacramento Kings, and led Denver to an NBA championship in 2023.Advertisement