North Carolina head coach Mack Brown, fired this week by athletic director Bubba Cunningham, will perhaps be on the Kenan Stadium sideline for the last time, facing rival N.C. State.

Will North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham target a sitting head coach, like Tulane’s Jon Sumrall, or a well-regarded coordinator from a major program, like Georgia’s Glenn Schumann?

Brown, 73, has three years left on his contract. The decision to part ways comes amid a rollercoaster final season in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels lost four consecutive games, including an embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison in September, regrouped to win three in a row and then lost to Boston College 41-21 on Saturday.