The old cliche is that UNC is a football sleeping giant. With the Tar Heels head coaching job open again, it’s time to accept an uncomfortable truth.

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.

Former NFL coach Freddie Kitchens, who served as North Carolina's run game coordinator and tight ends coach for the last two years, is the Tar Heels' interim coach following the firing of Mack Brown,