Mack Brown, Jimbo Fischer have their teams reaching new heights. Next up: the Orange Bowl

Posted Jan 2, 2021
Mack Brown, with three decades of head coaching experience including his 16 years at Texas (1998-2013) and 10 in a previous stint at North Carolina (1988-1997), returned to coaching in 2019 after a five-year hiatus. He is 15-9 so far in his second stint with UNC after inheriting a team that had won just 11 total games in the three years before his return. (Miami Herald)

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