Portraits: Mack Brown To Air on Sunday at 10 a.m. on ESPN2 – University of North Carolina Athletics

College of North Carolina head soccer coach Mack Brown can be featured on a brand new episode of Portraits, an hour-long present devoted to his profession as one of many winningest coaches in faculty soccer historical past. The present will premiere on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. on ESPN2 with a number of re-airs scheduled for ESPN2 and ESPNU within the subsequent days.

Produced by Origin Sports activities, the collection options a number of the most colourful characters in all of sports activities. Host James “Batesy” Bates will get to know every visitor as greater than only a participant or coach. Episode 3 brings “Portraits” to Chapel Hill to spend time with Corridor of Famer Mack Brown. Batesy joins Coach Brown in his man cave-like workplace on the Tar Heel soccer amenities to interrupt down a number of the greatest moments in his life and training profession. They reminisce on Brown’s small beginnings in Cookville, Tenn., the epic 2005 Nationwide Championship with the Texas Longhorns, and his greatest inspiration in life and soccer – his grandfather. Coach Brown supplies perception into how he approaches recruiting, what it should take to succeed once more at UNC, and even provides an inside look into his assortment of Air Jordans!

A 44-year veteran of collegiate teaching, Brown has served as a head coach for 33 seasons with stops at Texas (1998-2013), North Carolina (1988-97, 2019-21), Tulane (1985-87), and Appalachian State (1983). Over his 33 seasons, Brown has posted a document of 265-139-1 (.656). These 265 profession victories rank eighth on the FBS all-time checklist and are the second most amongst lively coaches. The 2005 Paul W. “Bear” Bryant Nationwide Coach of the 12 months and the 2008 Bobby Dodd Nationwide Coach of the 12 months, Brown is considered one of a handful of coaches in faculty soccer historical past to steer two separate packages to Prime-5 nationwide finishes. 

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