UNC Basketball: 4 reasons Tar Heels should hire Kenny Smith as HC

Unabashed love of UNC

Kenny Smith loves the University of North Carolina. And when I say he loves it, I mean he really loves it. He isn’t bashful about it, either. He openly roots for the Tar Heels, similar to the late — and incredibly beloved — Stuart Scott. And after all, isn’t that a quality you’d want in your head coach?

Roy Williams has a love for the university and the basketball program, in particular, that no one in their right mind would ever question. He wore it on his sleeve, sometimes quite literally, owning basically every Carolina blue suit to ever be stitched together, and a different pair of Jordans to match for every day of the week.

If I were hiring for the Tar Heels’ next head coaching position, which I’m clearly not, I’d want somebody who has bled and sweat and cried for the program. Smith, similar to Williams, has done all three. You’d never have to worry where his heart was at, or if he had the team’s best interest in mind. And you couldn’t ever imagine a situation in which he would leave the team dangling for a “better” position or job offer. For Smith, coaching North Carolina would absolutely have to be the pinnacle, and a responsibility that he would take incredibly seriously.