Congratulation: UNU Coach Hubert Davis married a second wife… See more…
was only 16 when his mom, Bobbie Webb Davis, died of oral cancer, which took away her ability to talk before she passed, so she would instead write notes to her son.
“She was still telling me what to do, telling me how to act,” Davis told the New York Times in 1993. “The things that have happened to me, like becoming a professional basketball player, are great. But I’d give it all up to have my mom back.”
More than three decades later, after being selected in the 1992 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, former UNC shooting guard Hubert Davis made history.
After replacing legendary coach Roy Williams — a man who really isn’t replaceable — Davis led the 8-seed North Carolina Tar Heels to a Final Four in his first year as head coach.
After defeating Duke, Davis was one win away from becoming the first first-year coach to win the NCAA Tournament. The ACC basketball team would eventually fall short to Kansas, but you still can’t knock the man for a fantastic first season.
Davis, a family man through and through, wouldn’t have been here without his families. There’s his North Carolina basketball one. There’s also the one at home, led by his wife, Leslie Davis.
