UT's Kowalczyk: 'This is home and will always be home'

Late Tuesday night, the coaching carousel rumor mill kicked into high gear.

Tod Kowalczyk, according to multiple online reports, was either the No. 1 target or a finalist for the vacant UNC Charlotte men’s basketball head coaching job.

The stove grew hotter on Wednesday afternoon when something called Samurai Hoops tweeted: “Charlotte is expected to name Tod Kowalczyk as their next HC.”

It was news to Kowalczyk, who told The Blade that he was staying put.

“It would be difficult to leave what we’ve built here, and it’d be difficult to leave our friends and this community,” the University of Toledo coach said. “We love living here. We have great friends. I love our donors. I love what we’ve been…