Well, the head coach of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team is in the news. And before you start panicking, it’s not that bad. All this has to do with is apparently a college basketball blue blood would like his services as their head coach.
No big deal or anything.
As the North Carolina Tar Heels continue their attempt at finding a new head coach after firing Hubert Davis, Grant McCasland’s name has been linked to the coaching search. Which isn’t ideal, but it doesn’t necessarily mean anything.
Not yet, at least. And there’s a chance it never means anything. There’s a chance that all this is from McCasland’s agent and North Carolina is that his name and potential candidacy is being used for negotiations. I don’t know. What I do know is that we’ve got McCasland’s name in some coaching search news.
Some big names listed as potential UNC options here, including #TexasTech’s Grant McCasland… https://t.co/WaI6YQrrh5
— Ben Golan (@BenjaminGolan) March 30, 2026
College basketball fans react as Texas Tech head coach Grant McCasland’s name pops up in North Carolina’s coach search
Here’s what college basketball fans had to say as the head coach of the Texas Tech men’s basketball program was linked to the head coaching search for the Tar Heels.
— 🦅 🗡️🏴☠️Michael Hernandez 🌵🏴☠️🗡️🦅 (@Michaeljher2883) March 30, 2026
ugh
— Ethan Dietschy (@ethandietschy) March 30, 2026
Hush with that
— Oli_C 🌵🏴☠️🦅 (@ReviloXoc) March 30, 2026
Not really worried about it. They’ll get someone before they get to GM
— Tamper Tech U 🌵🏴☠️ (@afcredraider) March 30, 2026
Texas Tech fans don’t seem to love the idea, but yeah, I’m not sure the North Carolina coaching search will continue to the point where McCasland is the guy that they land on.
Grant is an excellent coach. If something were to ever happen with Lloyd (it won’t) I would expect him to be a top 3 replacement candidate
— UofA Hoops Fan (@UofAHoopsFan) March 30, 2026
Also, apparently Arizona wants him? Which feels weird? That one feels a lot less likely.
One positive thing to come from the tournament beatdown is it slightly hurt his marketability.
— Wes Dorman (@JWesleyDorman) March 30, 2026
Oh, that’s one way to view the end of the Texas Tech men’s basketball season. I mean, I guess that’s a silver lining to this situation?
We’ll see what happens and how it all plays out. I tend to be in the camp of “the North Carolina coaching search will probably play out and they’ll get a coach before McCasland is put in the position to say yes or no for the job” as this all continues.