ESPN.com · Mar 14, 2016
Coaching turnover challenges ACC football staffs
North Carolina is in pursuit of back-to-back seasons with double-digit wins for the first time in nearly two decades. What might prevent the Tar Heels from that mark, really, is hard to figure.
The byproduct of the 2016 coaching carousel is a North Carolina schedule that includes seven teams with new head coaches. Opening weekend offers Georgia and its new leader Kirby Smart. The ensuing weekend is a road trip to Illinois and Lovie Smith, who has never been a college head coach. Even Week 3 opponent James Madison, which won a conference title in the FCS last season, comes with a new coach in Mike Houston (who departed The Citadel, also a team on UNC's schedule).