Brown as recently as Monday said he planned to return next season, but Bubba Cunningham, the UNC athletic director, informed Brown later Monday that “he will not return as head coach.”

There's no question that Mack Brown returning to Chapel Hill gave the UNC football program a needed boost, particularly after how Larry Fedora's tenure ended. Despite Brown leading North Carolina to bowl games in each year since he came back in 2019,

Mack Brown's second tenure as North Carolina football coach will end after this season amid another disappointing campaign for the Tar Heels.