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Mack Brown is on the field before Texas prepares to play Baylor at Floyd Casey Stadium in 2013.(Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports)
Mack Brown returns to training – and to where he created the program and his reputation. He and North Carolina have agreed to an agreement to become the Tar Heels head coach, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports under the guise of anonymity because the contract was not officially approved by the university board of directors. This is expected to occur during an emergency meeting of the board of directors, to be held by teleconference Tuesday at 8 pm ET.
Several other media also reported that the agreement was concluded or imminent. Brown replaces Larry Fedora after the Tar Heels lost 5-18 in the last two seasons and 45-43 in six seasons. Felt was sacked Sunday.
Brown, 67, expected to be inducted into the University Football Hall of Fame next week, has not trained since his resignation under pressure in Texas five years ago. Since then, he has been an academic football analyst at ESPN.
It's a return to Chapel Hill, N.C., for Brown, who played 69-46-1 in 10 seasons in North Carolina from 1988 to 1997 before leaving for Texas. The reconstruction in North Carolina will not be new for Brown. He went 1-10 in his first two seasons at Chapel Hill before making this program one of the best in VAC. Brown has won 10 games in each of her last two seasons with the Tar Heels.
He then traveled to Texas, where he rebuilt the Longhorns in national power, recording a record of 158 to 48 in 16 seasons, including a national championship Bowl Championship Series in 2005. Texas also played in the game of the national title BCS after the 2009 season, losing against Alabama, 37-21. Brown had long thought the Longhorn would have won if quarterback Colt McCoy had not been injured in the first quarter.
But in his last four seasons in Texas, plagued by inconsistent quarterback performances, the Longhorns were 30-21, including 19-17 in Big 12 play. His Texas mandate ended in a 30-7 loss to Oregon in the Alamo Bowl.
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