‘Home was kind of coming to me’: New men’s basketball coach Michael Malone joins his Tar Heel daughter

April 10, 2026 Zoe Behrendt
UNC student Bridget Malone attends a ceremony at the Smith Center welcoming her father as UNC’s new head basketball coach. (Zoe Behrendt / Carolina Connection)

A new era of Carolina basketball is here. Former NBA champion coach Michael Malone has officially been named the new head coach at UNC. But while the spotlight is on him, there’s another side to this story that makes it more personal – his daughter, already a Tar Heel. As Zoe Behrendt reports, this moment hits especially close to home.

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