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 as recently as Monday said he planned to return next season, but Bubba Cunningham, the UNC athletic director, informed Brown later Monday that “he will not return as head coach.”

Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall and Georgia defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann are considered among the top head coaching candidates this offseason. Sumrall has a 32-6 (.842) record in three years as a head coach. Schumann has engineered a pair of top-five defenses at Georgia and has lured countless five-star talents to Athens.