University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Men's Basketball

The 2025-26 season is Hubert Davis’ fifth as head coach at the University of North Carolina and his 14th on the coaching staff at his alma mater. He is the only Tar Heel head coach to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons. Davis, 55 (turns 56 on May 17, 2026), has won National and ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors, a Final Four appearance, led the Tar Heels to 101 wins, a 56-24 record and 24 road wins in ACC regular-season play, a regular-season ACC title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Only one other team has won more ACC games in the last four years. Two of his players – RJ Davis and Armando Bacot – rank second and third, respectively, in all-time scoring Carolina history, set numerous records and earned national and All-ACC awards. Carolina won its 100th game under Davis in the 2025 ACC Tournament, making him the third-fastest coach in UNC history and the sixth-fastest in ACC history to win 100 games. Only Duke’s Vic Bubas, UNC’s Roy Williams and Frank McGuire, Wake Forest’s Skip Prosser and Maryland’s Lefty Driesell reached 100 wins in fewer games than Davis (who won his 100th in 143 games). Over the last four seasons, UNC has the 10th-most wins among teams in the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC. Under Davis, Carolina is 8-3 in NCAA Tournament play, including wins against three national championship-winning coaches (Baylor’s Scott Drew, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo) and three other coaches who have taken teams to the Fin

This is Brad Frederick’s 13th season on the men’s basketball staff at Carolina. He played for the Tar Heels from 1996-99 under Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge, and is in his fifth year as an assistant to head coach Hubert Davis following eight seasons as a member of Roy Williams’ staff. Frederick helped Carolina win the 2024 ACC regular-season championship and earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. In 2022, Carolina won the East Regional and beat Duke in the national semifinal in New Orleans to advance to the national championship game in Frederick’s fifth trip to the Final Four. As a player, the Tar Heels appeared in two Final Fours, and he was on Williams’ staff when UNC played in the 2016 and 2017 Final Fours. Carolina has played in the NCAA Tournament in 10 of his 12 previous seasons on the bench. He served as director of operations from 2013-17 and began his current role as assistant coach in 2017-18. He has coached 23 players who have earned All-ACC honors, two ACC Players of the Year and three first-team All-Americas. Frederick joined Williams’ staff at UNC in 2013. That came after 14 seasons under the direction of Kevin Stallings at Vanderbilt. As a player, Frederick began his career on the junior varsity team, where he played for Phil Ford. He earned a promotion to the varsity as a sophomore in Dean Smith’s final season as head coach and also played two seasons under head coach Bill Guthridge. The Tar Heels went 86-21 in his three seasons on the varsity. He played i

Doug Halverson joined UNC’s Sports Medicine staff in 2005 and is in his 12th season as the head athletic trainer for the men’s basketball varsity and JV programs. Halverson has worked with three Final Four teams, including the 2017 national champions. He joined the men’s basketball staff in 2013 after spending eight years working as a staff athletic trainer for the football (2007-13), women’s lacrosse (2005-13), field hockey (2005-07), and men’s and women’s golf (2006-07) programs. Halverson returned to UNC after working at Georgia State University. He is a 2002 graduate of UNC, where he earned a B.A. in Exercise and Sport Science with a specialization in Athletic Training. While serving as a student athletic trainer from 1999-2002, he worked with the women’s soccer, volleyball and track and field teams. Following his undergraduate degree, Halverson continued his education at UNC, where he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer, working mainly with the Tar Heel football and men’s and women’s tennis programs. He received an M.A. in Exercise and Sports Science - Athletic Training in 2004. He has been an NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) since 2002 and has been an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) since 2005. Halverson is a native of Winston-Salem who lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, Emily Kiser.

The 2025-26 season is Eric Hoots’ 22nd on staff with Carolina Men’s Basketball. He is the director of basketball operations and an assistant to the athletic ...

Jeff Lebo is in his fifth season as assistant coach at UNC, where he starred as a sharp-shooting guard from 1985-89 under legendary head coach Dean Smith. The captain of the 1989 Atlantic Coast Conference champions and a 20-year veteran as a collegiate head coach joined the basketball staff at his alma mater prior to the 2021-22 season. In his first four seasons as the most veteran member of Hubert Davis’ staff, the Tar Heels have won 101 games, including going 56-24 in ACC play, earned a Final Four berth, an ACC regular-season championship and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. He coached 2024 Jerry West Award winner RJ Davis, a record-setting guard who was also a first-team All-America and ACC Player of the Year. Lebo played at UNC for Smith and assistant coaches Bill Guthridge, Eddie Fogler, Roy Williams and Phil Ford. He was a teammate for one season at UNC with current head coach Hubert Davis. In 1989, Lebo won the Patterson Medal, the most prestigious award given annually to a Tar Heel student-athlete based on exceptional career achievements. Following his senior season, Lebo held at least 10 UNC records. He was Carolina’s leader in single-game and career three-pointers made, single-season and career three-point percentage, career three-point attempts, single-season and career free throw percentage, consecutive made free throws, single-game assists and career assist-turnover ratio. Following his playing career in Chapel Hill, Lebo played part of one season with the Sa

Jim Tanner, the Founder and President of Tandem Sports + Entertainment who has represented more than 70 NBA players over a 28-year career, was named Executive Director and General Manager of the University of North Carolina men's basketball team in February 2025. Tanner helps manage the construction of the roster, negotiate contracts, identify and hire new scouting and analytics staff and spearhead player development programs. A 1990 Carolina graduate, Tanner represented 40 first-round NBA Draft picks, including 12 top-five selections, and six inductees in the Naismith Hall of Fame (UNC's Vince Carter, Ray Allen, Tamika Catchings, Tim Duncan, Grant Hill and Dominique Wilkins) and negotiated more than a billion dollars in contracts for his clients. He represented 17 former Tar Heels in their professional careers, including Carter; Final Four Most Outstanding Players Joel Berry II, Wayne Ellington and Sean May; All-Americas Raymond Felton, Tyler Hansbrough, John Henson, Justin Jackson and Luke Maye; and top-10 first-round draft picks Marvin Williams and Brandan Wright. A native of High Point, N.C., Tanner was a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC and attended law school at the University of Chicago. He sits on Carolina's Board of Directors in the College of Arts and Sciences and previously served on the Board for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund. Tanner began his legal career as a corporate attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom before becoming a partner at Williams & Conn

One of the top strength & conditioning coordinators in college basketball, Jonas Sahratian is in his 21st season with the Tar Heel men’s basketball program. He also served in the same capacity at the University of Kansas for five seasons. Sahratian (pronounced suh-RAY-shun) plans and coordinates strength and conditioning for the Tar Heels. He has been a part of six Final Fours and three NCAA championships at Carolina, in addition to two other Final Four teams at Kansas. He previously worked with Roy Williams at Kansas 1999-2003. He also coordinated strength and conditioning for the volleyball, swimming and diving teams at Kansas and assisted with football from 1999-2001. A native of Detroit, Mich., Sahratian graduated from Western Michigan University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science. In 2000, he received his master’s in exercise physiology from Kansas. In addition to working with Kansas athletics, Sahratian interned for two years at the Chicago Bulls/Vermeil’s Sports and Fitness in Deerfield, Ill. He worked in Chicago during the Bulls’ championship seasons in 1996-97 and 1997-98. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified club coach through USA Weightlifting. Sahratian and his wife, Grechen, have a daughter, Natalie.

Kiersten Steinbacher is in her second season as assistant to the director of operations. She previously served as a varsity manager with the Tar Heels for five years, including four as head manager. Her duties include organizing and coordinating the team's community service efforts, assisting with logistics during recruiting visits and overseeing the team managers. She earned her degree from UNC in sport administration with a minor in social and economic justice. She later earned a master's degree in media and communication with a concentration in strategic communication.

Maggie Hobson is an administrative assistant for the men's basketball program and also serves as the team photographer. She has served in that role since 2018, in a full-time capacity since 2020. Hobson is a 2018 graduate of UNC with a B.A. in mathematics. She began working in the men's basketball office as an intern in 2015.

Marcus Paige, the only three-time captain in UNC basketball history, is in his third season as an assistant coach. Paige began his coaching career after playing professional basketball for seven seasons. Paige played for the Tar Heels from 2012-16 and concluded his career 11th at Carolina in scoring with 1,844 points, first in three-pointers (299), third in steals (203), fourth in free throw percentage (.844) and eighth in assists (602). He made more threes in NCAA Tournament play than any other Tar Heel (39) and was the only player in NCAA Tournament history to make multiple three-pointers in all 13 games in which he played. The Marion, Iowa, native was first-team All-ACC and a second-team All-America as a sophomore, a second-team All-ACC selection in 2015, an honorable mention All-America in 2016, was Carolina’s Most Valuable Player in 2014 and 2015 and is the only Tar Heel to win the team’s defensive player of the year award four times. He was twice named National Player of the Week and was ACC Player of the Week four times in 2014, when he became the first Tar Heel point guard to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a sophomore since Phil Ford in 1976. Paige finished his collegiate career as one of two players in ACC history (with Duke’s Jason Williams) to amass 1,800 points, 500 assists, 350 rebounds, 275 three-pointers and 200 steals. As a senior in 2016, he led UNC to an ACC Tournament championship then shot nearly 49 percent from three in six games in the NCAA Tournament

Pat Sullivan is in his 13th season as a Tar Heel, including five as a player (1990-95) and eight in two different stints on Dean Smith’s, Bill Guthridge’s and Hubert Davis’ staffs. In his first four seasons in his second stint as a member of the UNC coaching staff the Tar Heels have won 101 games, including 56-24 in ACC play, earned a Final Four berth, an ACC regular-season championship and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2022 Final Four was Pat Sullivan’s seventh as a Tar Heel. He played in 1991, 1993 and 1995, was on Smith’s staff in 1997, an assistant coach in 1998 and 2000 and the 2022 Final Four capped his first season on staff with Davis, a former UNC teammate. Sullivan played for Smith at Carolina from 1990-93 and 1994-95 (he requested to red-shirt the 1993-94 season) and was part of Bill Guthridge’s staff with Phil Ford and Dave Hanners that won NCAA regional titles and advanced to the Final Four in 1998 and 2000. Carolina won the 1993 NCAA championship in Sullivan’s junior season. He has played in more NCAA Tournament games (19) and more NCAA Tournament wins (17) than any Tar Heel in history and is one of seven Tar Heels who have played in three Final Fours. Sullivan was a member of Hall of Famer Larry Brown’s staff with the Detroit Pistons when they won the NBA championship in 2003-04. He served as assistant coach with the Pistons in 2004-05, with the New Jersey Nets from 2005-08, the Pistons again from 2008-11, the Washington Wizards from 2012-16, the Los

Sean May, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 NCAA Final Four, is in his fifth season as assistant coach and 11th on the basketball staff at his alma mater. In his first three seasons on the bench, May helped lead UNC to the 2022 Final Four and a berth in the national championship game, a regular-season ACC championship and No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed in 2024. May mentored Armando Bacot, who set UNC career records for rebounds and double-doubles, finished second in UNC scoring and was top 10 in ACC history in all three categories. Bacot was the MVP of the 2022 NCAA East Regional, became the first player in NCAA history with double-doubles in six NCAA Tournament games in one season and compiled the most rebounds by any college basketball player in 60 seasons. May was director of basketball operations for four seasons under Hall of Fame head coach Roy Williams. While working for Williams, he helped the Tar Heels advance to consecutive national championship games and the 2017 NCAA title. May played three seasons at Carolina from 2002-05, becoming the first Tar Heel in more than 30 years to average a double-double for his career. The Bloomington, Ind., native averaged 15.8 points and 10.0 rebounds in 77 games (he missed 24 games as a freshman due to a broken bone in his foot). May scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the 2005 national championship game victory over Illinois, a game played on his 21st birthday. He was sensational throughout Carolina’s six-game march to t