North Carolina named former Alabama quarterback Freddie Kitchens as the Tar Heels’ interim head coach on Sunday. He takes the reins from Mack Brown with UNC preparing to complete its season with a bowl trip. Kitchens is in his second season as the Tar Heels’ tight-ends coach and run-game coordinator.

Former NFL head coach Freddie Kitchens will serve as interim coach for North Carolina's expected bowl game after the recent firing of Mack Brown. Kitchens served as run game coordinator

Per the team's official website, they've named Freddie Kitchens as their interim head coach in place of Mack Brown. Brown was fired by North Carolina following their 41-21 loss to Boston College on Nov. 23, and his last day with the program is Sunday, Dec. 1.

Following the departure of college football coaching legend Mack Brown, the University of North Carolina named former Alabama quarterback, Freddie Kitchens, as interim head coach. Freddie Kitchens, an NFL coaching veteran who has served as run game coordinator and tight ends coach at the University of North Carolina for the

A day after the regular season ended with a 35-30 loss to rival North Carolina State at home, North Carolina named assistant Freddie Kitchens the Tar Heels' interim head coach while the school seeks a replacement for Mack Brown.

For the last half-decade, North Carolina football has been under the leadership of Mack Brown as its head coach. However, that changed recently with the announcement from UNC administration that Brown had been relieved of his duties.

North Carolina football. The Tar Heels announced that they were firing head coach Mack Brown before last week’s rivalry game against NC State, even after Brown got them to bowl eligibility. Brown’s final game in Chapel Hill didn’t end well.