After retiring in 2013, Stackhouse got into coaching. He played 18 seasons in the NBA and was an All-Star twice. The high-scoring wing was the Sports Illustrated Player of the Year in 1995, then the third pick of the 1995 NBA Draft.
Résumé: Stackhouse, 43, was raised in North Carolina before starring for the Tar Heels. Jerry StackhouseĬurrently: Assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies When he steps away, here are some coaches who might make sense: 1. Calipari is likely to coach another decade Williams almost certainly won't. Lots of men have hit the first number but literally nobody has hit the second - which is why discussing possible candidates to succeed Roy Williams at North Carolina is easier than discussing possible candidates to succeed, say, John Calipari at Kentucky. And though Jim Boeheim, who turns 74 in November, is likely to break that record soon, the point remains the same, and the point is this: There seems to be a big difference between coaching at 70 and coaching at 75. The oldest man to ever coach Division I basketball is Temple's John Chaney. Jerry Stackhouse is a rising star in the coaching ranks. And that's a good sign for North Carolina fans who enjoy having a proven and consistent winner on the sideline each winter. But when I was around him this summer, out in Las Vegas, he looked and sounded healthy and rejuvenated. For what it's worth, I've been around Williams when he wasn't feeling well and the end seemed near. But absence of that, it's reasonable to assume Williams can and will coach well into his 70s just like fellow Hall of Famers Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim - especially now that the NCAA cloud that hovered above UNC's program for so long has been removed.
Obviously, health concerns, and he's had some before, can alter any person's plans. In other words, things are great - and that's why I doubt Williams has plans to retire in a year or two or even three. And another five-star prospect in the Class of 2019 ( Armando Bacot) has already said he'll enroll at North Carolina next year. His Tar Heels are currently ranked eighth in the CBS Sports Top 25 (and one) thanks to a freshman class featuring two five-star prospects ( Nassir Little, Coby White). But he's averaged 30.7 wins the past three seasons, won a national championship, played for another and secured two ACC regular-season titles. But that's clearly not the case with Williams.
Sometimes, as coaches get older, their programs slip and their retirement is expedited. Next up is an exploration of what awaits at North Carolina.
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This is more than a guessing game on who's next the series is taking a big-picture look at the unique challenge facing each of the six schools. We're examining each coach and school's situation, how and when they might leave their posts, and reasonable candidates who could succeed them. And when Williams ultimately retires, the UNC job - just like every job featured in CBS Sports' six-part series looking at what's next at the six programs currently guided by Hall of Fame coaches - will be highly sought after and have no shortage of high-profile candidates anxious to follow a legend.ĬBS Sports is running a six-part series on the half-dozen men's college basketball teams that have active Hall of Fame coaches leading their respective programs. Simply put, Williams has had a remarkable career - first at Kansas, then at his alma mater. That's one more, in that timespan, than Mike Krzyzewski, Billy Donovan and Jay Wright have won, and at least two more than everybody else. He's won all three in the past 14 seasons. But it's something that must be considered when speculating on who might someday replace Williams - the Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer who is one of only six men's basketball coaches in history to win at least three national championships.
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