Stevens Rejects UNC, Stays with Celtics

0:00It's March 25th. Boston Celtics News today starts now. AI-powered and game-ready. Every year around coaching carousel season, fans buzz about whether Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens might jump back to, the college sidelines. This time, North Carolina reached out after parting ways with Hubert Davis following five seasons, but the 49-year-old Stevens turned them. Down flat. Stevens has a track record of saying no to big college gigs. In Indiana native, he passed on his home state Hubert's job three times since leaving Butler for the Celtics. He stepped away from coaching in 2021 to lead Boston's foreign office. Experts see this as no shock, but he clears the path for North Carolina to target more attainable hires. The program can now zero in without chasing a long shot. Rumors swirl that Kansas coach Bill Self could retire soon, which might prompt another call to Stevens at the Celtics Hour Box Center.

1:02Expect the same polite decline, letting the J-Hawks move forward, while Stevens stays put in Boston's executive suite.