All forced exits are awkward, but Mack Brown’s might just top most of them. Just days ahead of UNC’s regular-season finale, the greatest coach in Tar Heels’ football history was politely asked to leave — or, rather, told he would not be returning beyond 2024.

Mack Brown gave a statement about his departure after coaching his final game as the North Carolina football head coach.

North Carolina became the first Power Four program to make a coaching change last week when it fired longtime coach Mack Brown, who was in the sixth season of his second stint in Chapel Hill. Brown wa