Hubert Davis

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Hubert Davis
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Davis on ESPN's College GameDay broadcast
North Carolina Tar Heels
PositionHead coach
LeagueAtlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1970-05-17) May 17, 1970 (age 51)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High schoolLake Braddock Secondary
(Burke, Virginia)
CollegeNorth Carolina (1988–1992)
NBA draft1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1992–2004
PositionShooting guard
Number44, 24
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1992–1996New York Knicks
1996–1997Toronto Raptors
1997–2001Dallas Mavericks
2001–2002Washington Wizards
2002–2004Detroit Pistons
2004New Jersey Nets
As coach:
2012–2021North Carolina (assistant)
2021–presentNorth Carolina
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Career NBA statistics
Points5,583 (8.2 ppg)
Rebounds1,045 (1.5 rpg)
Assists1,172 (1.7 apg)
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Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  United States
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield National team

Hubert Ira Davis Jr. (born May 17, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Before his coaching career, Davis played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and New Jersey Nets from 1992 to 2004. He is the nephew of Walter Davis, another former Tar Heel and NBA player.

Davis served as an assistant coach for the Tar Heels from 2012 until his elevation to head coach in 2021 following the retirement of Roy Williams.[1]

Early life and education[]

Davis attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, averaging 28.0 points per game his senior year. He attended the same high school as future Tar Heel women's soccer great and Olympic medalist Mia Hamm. He went on to the University of North Carolina, where he holds the record for the highest career three-point percentage in school history. In his junior year, he helped lead the team to its first Final Four appearance since the Tar Heels won it all in 1982. After averaging 21.4 points per game his senior year, he graduated in 1992 with a degree in Criminal Justice.[2]

NBA career[]

The New York Knicks selected Davis with the 20th overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He made the winning free throws after Hue Hollins called a disputed foul against Scottie Pippen in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Chicago Bulls, giving the Knicks an 87–86 win.[citation needed]

Davis remained with New York for four years, and was traded to the Toronto Raptors before the 1996-97 season. After Toronto, Davis spent time with the Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and New Jersey Nets. Davis played his final NBA game in 2004, finishing with career averages of 8.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Davis's nearly 44.1% NBA career three-point shot percentage ranks him third behind Steve Kerr and Seth Curry.[3]

Post-NBA career[]

Starting in 2008, Davis began working for ESPN as a college basketball analyst.

On May 2, 2012, Davis returned to UNC as an assistant under then-head coach Roy Williams. Davis also served as head coach of UNC's junior varsity basketball team, the only JV team in the ACC. He helped the Tar Heels win the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.

Williams retired on April 1, 2021. Four days later, on April 5, Davis was announced as the 19th head coach in Tar Heel basketball history, and the first African-American to lead the program. Although Davis had never been a head coach of a varsity team at any level, Williams had been grooming him for a head coaching job much in the same way that Dean Smith had groomed Williams during Williams' time on the UNC bench as an assistant from 1978 to 1988. For example, Williams had handed Davis the reins of the JV team in order to give him experience leading a team in real time.[1]

Personal life[]

Davis and his wife Leslie have three children: Elijah, Bobbie Grace, and Micah. Elijah will play college basketball for University of Lynchburg starting in the 2021-2022 season. When at the conference announcing his hiring as the UNC basketball coach, when prompted about being the first Black UNC head coach, Davis caused public debate by stating he's proud to be African-American, but also proud that his wife is white.[4]

Davis is a devout Christian.[5][6]

NBA career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
* Led the league

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1992–93 New York 50 2 16.8 .438 .316 .796 1.1 1.7 .4 .1 5.4
1993–94 New York 56 27 23.8 .471 .402 .825 1.2 2.9 .7 .1 11.0
1994–95 New York 82* 4 20.7 .480 .455 .808 1.3 1.8 .4 .1 10.0
1995–96 New York 74 14 24.0 .486 .476 .868 1.7 1.4 .4 .1 10.7
1996–97 Toronto 36 0 17.3 .402 .229 .739 1.1 .9 .3 .1 5.0
1997–98 Dallas 81 30 29.4 .456 .439 .836 2.1 1.9 .5 .1 11.1
1998–99 Dallas 50* 21 27.6 .438 .451 .880 1.7 1.8 .4 .1 9.1
1999–2000 Dallas 79 15 23.0 .468 .491* .870 1.7 1.8 .3 .0 7.4
2000–01 Dallas 51 7 24.7 .443 .436 .854 2.1 1.2 .6 .0 7.3
2000–01 Washington 15 11 28.7 .479 .526 .905 2.0 3.3 .4 .0 10.2
2001–02 Washington 51 17 24.2 .448 .452 .762 1.5 2.1 .5 .1 7.2
2002–03 Detroit 43 1 7.6 .392 .333 .833 .8 .7 .1 .0 1.8
2003–04 Detroit 3 0 7.7 .000 .000 – .0 .3 .0 .0 .0
2003–04 New Jersey 14 0 3.9 .111 – 1.000 .6 .2 .1 .0 .3
Career 685 149 22.1 .458 .441 .837 1.5 1.7 .4 .1 8.2

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993 New York 7 0 13.7 .560 .500 .667 .9 .7 .9 .0 4.4
1994 New York 23 7 17.2 .364 .286 .719 .9 1.1 .2 .1 5.3
1995 New York 11 0 16.7 .357 .370 1.000 .6 .8 .1 .5 4.2
1996 New York 8 0 18.1 .548 .526 .818 1.5 .6 .0 .0 6.6
Career 49 7 16.8 .409 .373 .750 .9 .9 .2 .2 5.1

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2021–present)
2021–22 North Carolina 0–0 0–0
North Carolina: 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 0–0 (–)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b C. L. Brown (April 5, 2021). "UNC to hire Hubert Davis as its next basketball coach". The Charlotte Observer. The News & Observer.
  2. ^ "Hubert Davis - Head Coach". GoHeels.com. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Adams, Biba (7 April 2021). "1st Black UNC head coach Hubert Davis says he's 'proud wife is white'". Yahoo News. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ Brown, Clifton (1993-11-26). "BASKETBALL; Knicks' Davis: The Choir Boy With the Killer Shot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  6. ^ "College Basketball's Elite Talk Faith at The Final Four". CBN.com - The Christian Broadcasting Network. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2021-04-05.

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