The offseason is a time for building chemistry, building your roster, and most of all, building culture. It’s important for any coach, but crucially so for a newly-hired coach entering a difficult situation. At times where the previous regime may have left a house in disarray, it’s important for the new coach to make his mark.
One coach in an uniquely challenging situation is North Carolina’s Mack Brown. Most well-known for his national-championship-winning tenure at Texas from 1998-2013, Brown also coached the Tarheels from 1988-97. Still, coming off a five-year stint in the broadcast booth, and taking over after the disastrous end of Larry Fedora’s tenure in Chapel Hill, he’s got a lot of work to do.