For the first time since 2018, the North Carolina Tar Heels football program will have a new head football coach. The longtime ACC institution is replacing Mack Brown after six seasons and 44 victories in his second stint in Chapel Hill.
During Brown’s second tenure, UNC consistently made bowl games, with six straight regular seasons at or above .500. That included this year, when the Tar Heels went 6-6 overall and 3-5 in ACC play.
Former NFL head coach Bill Belichick made waves Thursday by officially interviewing for the UNC head coaching job, but it seems more likely that Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham will go with someone that’s coached in the college ranks this century.
At BetCarolina.com, your source for real money NC sportsbook promos, we developed exclusive odds to project who the next coach will be in Chapel Hill.
Next UNC Head Coach Odds
Coach | Odds | Percent Chance |
Jon Sumrall (Tulane HC) | +300 | 25.0% |
Matt Campbell (Iowa St. HC) | +450 | 18.2% |
Dan Mullen (TV Analyst/Former Florida HC) | +500 | 16.7% |
Glenn Schumann (Georgia DC) | +700 | 12.5% |
Bill Belichick (Former Patriots HC) | +1000 | 9.1% |
Freddie Kitchens (UNC Interim HC) | +1750 | 5.4% |
Jamey Chadwell (Liberty HC) | +5000 | 2.0% |
The Field | +800 | 11.1% |
These odds on the next North Carolina head football coach were developed exclusively for BetCarolina.com and are not available at any North Carolina sports betting operators.
Top Candidate To Replace Mack Brown
Our top pick to replace Brown has been a head coach at the FBS level for all of three years. Former Troy Trojans and current Tulane Green Wave coach Jon Sumrall checks in at +300 on our odds board (a 25% implied probability) to be the next man up in Chapel Hill.
Sumrall thrived with the Sun Belt program, going 23-4 at Troy in 2022 and 2023 before replacing Willie Fritz in New Orleans, In 2024, he has led Tulane to a 9-3 season, reaching a high of No. 17 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Tulane is in tonight’s American Athletic Conference championship game, and the Green Wave are a 4.5-point favorite at bet365 NC Sportsbook to defeat host Army.
Other Contenders To Coach UNC Football
Other names to keep in mind as Cunningham navigates another head coaching search are longtime Iowa State and former Toledo coach Matt Campbell, who has the Cyclones in the Big 12 title game after a school-record 10-2 regular season in Ames.
Campbell (+450) stands ahead of former Florida and Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen (+500) and Georgia Bulldogs defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann (+700) on our UNC odds board as of Dec. 6. Belichick, the six-time Super Bowl championship head coach of the New England Patriots, is next up at +1000 to replace Brown in 2025.
Longshots to keep an eye on when it comes to the Tar Heels football search include former Cleveland Browns head coach and current UNC interim leader Freddie Kitchens at +1750 and former Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell, now at Liberty, at +5000. Look to BetCarolina for North Carolina sports betting apps reviews plus continuing sports coverage.
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Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetCarolina.com specializing in covering state issues. He has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
