After Hubert Davis' firing, Celtics exec Brad Stevens reportedly says he's not interested in UNC job

Nick BrombergWed, March 25, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC

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In the wake of Hubert Davis’ firing at North Carolina, Brad Stevens has no desire to leave the Boston Celtics.

According to CBS Sports, the former Butler coach and current Celtics president of basketball operations “has removed his name from consideration for the Tar Heels job.” Tuesday night, North Carolina made it official that it was moving on from Davis after days of speculation.

Stevens last officially coached a basketball game in 2021 when he was on the sidelines for the Celtics and last coached a college basketball game in 2013. He took Butler to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2010 and 2011, and in 2010, forward Gordon Hayward’s game-winning buzzer beater from mid-court bounced off the rim.

The Bulldogs were 166-49 in his six seasons with the school. Stevens left Butler at the end of the 2012-13 season to become the Celtics’ head coach. Even though he hasn’t coached college basketball in over a decade, Stevens’ name has come up when coaching jobs at blue-blood programs have come open.

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He’s been one of the first names mentioned in Indiana’s recent coaching searches because he’s a native of Zionsville, Indiana. It’s not a surprise that he could have been linked to the UNC job. And it’s even less of a surprise that he is staying in Boston.

In eight seasons on the Celtics’ sidelines, Stevens was 354-282. Boston missed the playoffs in his first season, but made the postseason every other year and had three conference finals appearances.

Stevens moved up to the front office after longtime Celtics general manager Danny Ainge announced his retirement (though Ainge is now back in the Utah Jazz’s front office). With Stevens overseeing basketball ops, the Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals and are one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in 2025-26 even though Jayson Tatum had missed much of the season.

The Celtics are 47-24 ahead of a Wednesday night game against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Tatum has played in just eight games after tearing his Achilles during the 2025 playoffs.

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