North Carolina coach Mack Brown reportedly offered to step down after the Tar Heels' 70–50 loss at home to James Madison. However, he backed off from that later.

North Carolina endured a disastrous first half on Saturday against James Madison, falling behind 53-21 at halftime. JMU quarterback Alonza Barnett

North Carolina coach Mack Brown told his team following Saturday's 70-50 loss to James Madison that he would "walk away and step down if he was the problem," sources told 247Sports' Inside Carolina. The players vocally supported Brown and took the blame themselves after Brown made his address.

Mack Brown told ESPN on Saturday he’s not resigning and “will be back at work” Sunday following an embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison. He said it was an emotional locker room and told the team he blamed himself and would step away if he couldn’t get things straightened out.

North Carolina plummeted to the absolute rock bottom of Mack Brown's tenure with Saturday afternoon's 70-50 loss, at home, to James Madison. This after the Tar Heels (3-1) entered as 10.5-point favorites against the Sun Belt Conference school that lost its coach and a majority of its impact starters in the offseason.

Alonza Barnett III’s five touchdown passes led a quick-strike offense that helped James Madison beat North Carolina 70-50 on Saturday for a signature road win under first-year coach Bob Chesney.

It has been one thing after another for UNC football through just three weeks this season. First, after winning the quarterback battle this offseason, transfer Max Johnson started the season and playe

Tar Heels' head coach Mack Brown names a new quarterback ahead of facing James Madison in Week 4. After North Carolina football 's starting quarterback Max Johnson suffered a season-ending injury in the regular-season opening 19-17 win against Minnesota football,