With Black Sunday fast approaching, yet another FBS job could be opening up.
Citing what it calls multiple sources within the Keenan Football Center, 247Sports.com is reporting “that a head coaching change will be made following [North Carolina]’s loss to N.C. State on Saturday, ending Larry Fedora’s seven-year tenure at the helm.” The headline of the article describes a change as “imminent.”
A university spokesperson stated that no announcement regarding the Tar Heels’ head coach position is expected to be made tonight.
There’s also this from the university’s athletic director:
UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham on status of Larry Fedora: “No decision.” That’s the official response, as of a few minutes ago.
— Andrew Carter (@_andrewcarter) November 25, 2018
With the loss to rival NC State, UNC fell to 2-10 on the season and 5-19 over the past two years. In Fedora’s seven seasons, the Tar Heels have gone 45-43 overall and 28-28 in ACC play. The 2015 season was the high-water mark of the Fedora era as UNC went 11-3 and won the ACC Coastal division.
If UNC were to follow through and fire Fedora without cause, they would owe the coach a $12.2 million buyout.