UNC, Brown agree to 1-year extension through 2026 season

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has agreed to a one-year contract extension with football coach Mack Brown through the 2026 season. The school said Wednesday the agreement keeps Brown’s contract length at five years. The 70-year-old coach has led the Tar Heels to bowl games in each of his first three seasons in his second stint with the program he led to top-10 status in the 1990s. Brown is 21-17 in the past three seasons and the Tar Heels secured 247sports’ No. 9 recruiting class for this year.