North Carolina coach Hubert Davis revealed significant changes are likely coming to his program as part of a philosophical pivot on staff construction. Most notably, Davis said the Tar Heels will hire a general manager.

The North Carolina basketball program has not had an ideal season, and head coach Hubert Davis knows that things need to drastically change.

Davis, on his weekly radio show, stresses need for additional support staff to help him concentrate more on his primary job: coaching the team.

Davis also receives an annual expense allowance of $50,000 to be used for entertainment and “other appropriate purposes to advance the program,” $500,000 annually as part of North Carolina’s multimedia rights agreement with Learfield Communications and $250,000 per year from the school’s deal with Nike.

In the landscape of college basketball, expanded staff positions are a necessity. UNC basketball and Hubert Davis are officially entering that era.

The Tar Heels, 13-10 overall and 6-5 in the ACC, are in danger of missing the NCAA tournament for a second time in three seasons.

The first edition of this year's North Carolina- Duke rivalry series ended in a lopsided loss for the Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The home-team Blue Devils put together a dominant wire-to-wire victory over Hubert Davis' UNC squad, finishing the game with a 70-87 final score.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s men’s basketball team suffered a humbling defeat to their arch-rival Duke University Blue Devils on Saturday. The Tar Heels were thoroughly outclassed from the opening tip in a game whose final score —while large — still does not reflect the true nature

Hubert Davis' latest move sounds the alarms in Chapel Hill -- if they weren't already ringing for North Carolina.