Report: Mack Brown offers resignation at North Carolina following upset loss to JMU

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Brown’s Texas teams appeared in two BCS championships

College football fans were mostly left in shock yesterday as the North Carolina Tar Heels fell to the James Madison Dukes. Despite only recently joined the FBS’ Sun Belt Conference after making the jump from the FCS ranks, JMU managed to hang 70 on Brown’s UNC.

Brown reportedly offered his resignation following Saturday’s loss.

BREAKING: Mack Brown’s emotional locker room comments put the #UNC football program in flux. Details: https://t.co/FWWjnkt29n pic.twitter.com/yBYXCQlpQ5
— InsideCarolina (@InsideCarolina) September 21, 2024

However, ESPN reported that Brown was asked to continue his head coaching tenure.

Mack Brown told ESPN on Saturday he’s not resigning and “will be back at work” Sunday following an embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison. He said it was an emotional locker room and told the team he blamed himself and would step away if he couldn’t get things straightened out.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) September 22, 2024

At 73, Brown is already a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

His most famous years as one of the coaching faces of the sport were spent with the Texas Longhorns, of course. In Austin, he led the Longhorns to six Big 12 South division titles, two Big 12 championships, and two appearances in the BCS national championship game. And as all Texas fans know, the latter includes Texas’ 2005 national championship Rose Bowl win over the USC Trojans, in which Vince Young led the winning drive and two-point conversion.

You guys realize Drake Maye, Sam Howell, Omarion Hampton, Josh Downs, Travis Shaw, & countless other players are only Tar Heels because of Mack Brown
— Hunter Oakley (@Hunter_Oakley) September 22, 2024

This article was originally published by Xander Peters at Burnt Orange Nation – All Posts – (https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/9/22/24251712/mack-brown-north-carolina-jmu-texas-longhorns-vince-young-colt-mccoy).

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