Hubert Davis

Davis attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, averaging 28.0 points per game his senior year. 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 winning the national championship in 1982. Davis graduated in 1992 with a degree in Criminal Justice, after averaging 21.4 points per game in his senior season.{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/staff-directory/hubert-davis/644|title=Hubert Davis – Head Coach|website=GoHeels.com|access-date= April 27, 2021}}

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 (the Knicks went on to win the series in seven games).{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=adande_ja&page=Hollins-090529|title=Hollins' call still resonates after 15 years|first=J.A.|last=Adande|date=May 29, 2009|website=ESPN|access-date=January 24, 2022}} Davis established the Knicks franchise records for single-season (.476, 1995–96) and career (.449) three-point shooting percentages.

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 established the Mavericks franchise records for single-season (.491, 1999–2000) and career (.454) three-point shooting percentages. 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 44.09% NBA career three-point shot percentage ranks him second behind Steve Kerr (45.40%).{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_pct_career.html|title=NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for 3-Pt Field Goal Pct|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=23 November 2021}}

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Following his playing career, Davis began working for ESPN as a college basketball analyst in the 2007–2008 season. During his time at ESPN, he served as a studio analyst for the network's coverage of college basketball and was a panelist on College Gameday. He left ESPN to return to Chapel Hill as an assistant coach following the 2011–2012 season.

Prior to the 2012–2013 season, UNC head coach Roy Williams hired Davis as an assistant.{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1170276-hubert-davis-makes-sense-for-north-carolina|title=Hubert Davis: New Assistant Coach Makes Sense for North Carolina Tar Heels|first=Aaron|last=Jackson|website=Bleacher Report|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2022}} Davis also served as head coach of UNC's junior varsity basketball team, one of the only junior varsity teams remaining in college basketball. UNC's junior varsity program is a long-standing program tradition, and several former JV players have gone on to be walk-ons for the varsity team.

Davis was on the bench for the Tar Heels 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament run that concluded with a 71–65 win over Gonzaga in the National Championship game.

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Following the retirement of Williams, Davis was named the 19th head coach in program history, and became the first African-American to lead the program. The move was initially met with some criticism, as Davis had never been a head coach at any level. Despite this, Williams had been grooming him for a head coaching job much in the same way that Dean Smith had mentored Williams during Williams' time as a Tar Heel assistant coach from 1978 to 1988.

Davis recorded his first career win in his first game as head coach. The Tar Heels beat Loyola (MD) 83–67 at home in the Dean Smith Center to open the season.{{Cite web|title=Loyola (MD) vs. North Carolina – Box Score – November 9, 2021 – ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401369943|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} On February 21, 2022, Davis's Tar Heels defeated Louisville to give the first-year head coach his 20th victory of the year. Davis became the fourth ACC head coach to win twenty games in his debut season in the past twenty-five years with the victory.{{cite tweet|author=ESPN Stats & Info|user=ESPNStatsInfo|title=Hubert Davis is the 4th ACC coach to win 20 games in their first season as head coach in the last 25 seasons.|number=1495952502163976194}} Previous Tar Heel coaches Matt Doherty (2000–01), and Bill Guthridge (1997–98) are two of the other three coaches to reach the twenty-win mark in their debut seasons, winning 26 and 34 games respectively. Davis's Tar Heels capped off a 23–8 regular season with a 94–81 victory over Duke in Mike Krzyzewski's final home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Davis's Tar Heels went 1–1 in his first ACC tournament as head coach, and earned an Eastern regional 8th seed in the 2022 NCAA tournament. After cruising to a 95–63 win over 9-seed Marquette in the first round, the Tar Heels upset the East's number one seed, the Baylor Bears, in the second round. The Tar Heels hung on and won the game 93–86 in overtime after losing a 25-point second-half lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/north-carolina-vs-baylor-score-unc-overcomes-historic-25-point-collapse-to-oust-no-1-seed-bears-in-ot/live/|title=North Carolina vs. Baylor score: UNC overcomes historic 25-point collapse to oust No. 1 seed Bears in OT|first=Kevin|last=Flaherty|date=March 19, 2022|access-date=March 19, 2022|website=CBS Sports}} The victory secured Davis's first sweet sixteen berth as head coach and the school's 30th overall, the most by any program in Division I history. After a 73–66 victory over 4th seed UCLA Bruins in the Sweet Sixteen, Davis and his Tar Heels advanced to the Elite Eight where they defeated the St. Peter's Peacocks 69–49 to earn a trip to the Final Four. In the national semifinal game, the Tar Heels matched up against arch rivals Duke for the first time in NCAA tournament history. The Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils 81–77 in what was Coach K's final game. However, in the national championship game, Davis' Tar Heels were defeated by the Kansas Jayhawks, 72–69.

Due to the Tar Heels' success in his first year as head coach, Davis became one of the few college basketball figures to have gone to a Final Four as a player (1991), an assistant coach (2016 and 2017), and as a head coach (2022).

Davis and his wife Leslie have three children: Elijah, Bobbie Grace and Micah. As of the 2021–22 season, Elijah plays college basketball for the University of Lynchburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.lynchburgsports.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/bios/davis_elijah_iygl |title=Elijah Davis |website=lynchburgsports.com |accessdate=March 27, 2022}} At the press conference announcing his hiring as the UNC basketball coach, when asked 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.{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Biba|url=https://news.yahoo.com/1st-black-unc-head-coach-152901216.html|title=1st Black UNC head coach Hubert Davis says he's 'proud wife is white'|website=Yahoo News|date=7 April 2021|access-date=9 August 2021}} Davis is a devout Christian.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Clifton|date=1993-11-26|title=BASKETBALL; Knicks' Davis: The Choir Boy With the Killer Shot|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/26/sports/basketball-knicks-davis-the-choir-boy-with-the-killer-shot.html|access-date=2021-04-05|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|date=2016-04-04|title=College Basketball's Elite Talk Faith at The Final Four|url=https://www1.cbn.com/college-basketball%E2%80%99s-elite-talk-faith-final-four|access-date=2021-04-05|website=CBN.com – The Christian Broadcasting Network|language=en}}

Davis is cousins with current Tar Heel player Drake Powell. Davis' aunt is Powell's grandmother.{{cite web |last1=Koh |first1=Michael |title=Northwood High's Drake Powell Commits to UNC Basketball |url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/northwood-highs-drake-powell-commits-to-unc-basketball |website=Chapelboro.com |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=9 September 2022}}

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1992}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 50 || 2 || 16.8 || .438 || .316 || .796 || 1.1 || 1.7 || .4 || .1 || 5.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1993}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 56 || 27 || 23.8 || .471 || .402 || .825 || 1.2 || 2.9 || .7 || .1 || 11.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1994}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|82* || 4 || 20.7 || .480 || .455 || .808 || 1.3 || 1.8 || .4 || .1 || 10.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1995}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 74 || 14 || 24.0 || .486 || .476 || .868 || 1.7 || 1.4 || .4 || .1 || 10.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1996}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto

| 36 || 0 || 17.3 || .402 || .229 || .739 || 1.1 || .9 || .3 || .1 || 5.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1997}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas

| 81 || 30 || 29.4 || .456 || .439 || .836 || 2.1 || 1.9 || .5 || .1 || 11.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1998}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas

| style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|50* || 21 || 27.6 || .438 || .451 || .880 || 1.7 || 1.8 || .4 || .1 || 9.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1999}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas

| 79 || 15 || 23.0 || .468 || style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|.491* || .870 || 1.7 || 1.8 || .3 || .0 || 7.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2000}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas

| 51 || 7 || 24.7 || .443 || .436 || .854 || 2.1 || 1.2 || .6 || .0 || 7.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2000}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Washington

| 15 || 11 || 28.7 || .479 || .526 || .905 || 2.0 || 3.3 || .4 || .0 || 10.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2001}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Washington

| 51 || 17 || 24.2 || .448 || .452 || .762 || 1.5 || 2.1 || .5 || .1 || 7.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2002}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit

| 43 || 1 || 7.6 || .392 || .333 || .833 || .8 || .7 || .1 || .0 || 1.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2003}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit

| 3 || 0 || 7.7 || .000 || .000 || – || .0 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2003}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 14 || 0 || 3.9 || .111 || – || 1.000 || .6 || .2 || .1 || .0 || .3

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 685 || 149 || 22.1 || .458 || .441 || .837 || 1.5 || 1.7 || .4 || .1 || 8.2

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{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1993

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 7 || 0 || 13.7 || .560 || .500 || .667 || .9 || .7 || .9 || .0 || 4.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1994

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 23 || 7 || 17.2 || .364 || .286 || .719 || .9 || 1.1 || .2 || .1 || 5.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1995

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 11 || 0 || 16.7 || .357 || .370 || 1.000 || .6 || .8 || .1 || .5 || 4.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1996

| style="text-align:left;"| New York

| 8 || 0 || 18.1 || .548 || .526 || .818 || 1.5 || .6 || .0 || .0 || 6.6

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 49 || 7 || 16.8 || .409 || .373 || .750 || .9 || .9 || .2 || .2 || 5.1

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{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1988–89

| style="text-align:left;"|North Carolina

| 35 || 0 || 7.1 || .512 || .308 || .774 || .8 || .3 || .1 || .0 || 3.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1989–90

| style="text-align:left;"|North Carolina

| 34 || 6 || 21.3 || .446 || .396 || .797 || 1.8 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 9.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1990–91

| style="text-align:left;"|North Carolina

| 35 || 20 || 24.3 || .521 || .489 || .835 || 2.4 || 1.9 || .9 || .3 || 13.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1991–92

| style="text-align:left;"|North Carolina

| 33 || 30 || 33.2 || .508 || .429 || .828 || 2.3 || 1.6 || 1.3 || .2 || 21.4

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career{{cite web |title=Tim Duncan College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/hubert-davis-1.html |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=25 April 2022}}

| 137 || 56 || 21.3 || .498 || .435 || .819 || 1.8 || 1.3 || .8 || .2 || 11.8

{{s-end}}

• New York Knicks single-season 3-point field goal percentage (.476, 1995–96){{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/leaders_season.html|title=New York Knicks Season Leaders|accessdate=May 20, 2023|publisher=Sports Reference}}
• Dallas Mavericks single-season 3-point field goal percentage (.491, 1999–2000){{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/leaders_season.html|title=Dallas Mavericks Season Leaders|accessdate=May 20, 2023|publisher=Sports Reference}}
• New York Knicks career 3-point field goal percentage (.449){{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612752/franchise-leaders?SeasonType=Regular+Season|title=New York Knicks: Franchise Leaders|accessdate=May 20, 2023|work=NBA.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/leaders_career.html|title=New York Knicks Career Leaders|accessdate=May 20, 2023|publisher=Sports Reference}}
• Dallas Mavericks career 3-point field goal percentage (.454){{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612742/franchise-leaders?SeasonType=Regular+Season|title=Dallas Mavericks: Franchise Leaders|accessdate=May 20, 2023|work=NBA.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/leaders_career.html|title=Dallas Mavericks Career Leaders|accessdate=May 20, 2023|publisher=Sports Reference}}

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| name = North Carolina Tar Heels

| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

| startyear = 2021

| endyear =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2021–22

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 29–10

| conference = 15–5

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division I Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 20–13

| conference = 11–9

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = Declined NIT invitation{{Cite news |last=Rasmussen |first=Karl |date=12 March 2023 |title=North Carolina Turns Down NIT After Missing NCAA Tournament |url=https://www.si.com/college/2023/03/13/north-carolina-mens-basketball-decline-nit-2023-ncaa-tournament |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=Sports Illustrated |publisher=Sports Illustrated}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2023–24

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 29–8

| conference = 17–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 23–14

| conference = 13–7

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

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| overall = {{Winning percentage|101|45|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|56|24|record=y}}

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| overall = {{Winning percentage|101|45|record=y}}

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