North Carolina Coach Hubert Davis Has Earned More Job Security According To Jon Rothstein.

Entering the season, UNC coach Hubert Davis was viewed as being on the hot seat. 

His teams have been on the bubble in three of his four seasons since being named Roy Williams' successor. This includes being the last team into the field earlier this spring and missing the NCAA Tournament completely in 2023.

So far this season, the Tar Heels are off to an 11-1 start. It marks the program's best non-conference campaign since the dominant, Tyler Hansbrough-led squad that went on to win the national championship in 2008-2009. 

CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein has seen enough to declare that Davis' job is no longer in jeopardy.

"Hubert Davis is reiterating — at least for now — that he's going to be the long-term answer at North Carolina," said Rothstein. 

There are reasons to believe that this UNC team could win the ACC championship, too. Most notably, its top competition within the league has looked mortal in recent weeks.

Last week, Duke allowed a season-high 73 points — at home — to Lipscomb University out of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Then the Blue Devils endured their first loss of the season when they surrendered a 17-point lead against Texas Tech.

Meanwhile, the Louisville Cardinals already have two losses this season. One of them was last week at Tennessee, where Rick Barnes' Volunteers rolled the Cardinals by 21 points. But to be fair, Louisville was without its star freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr.

As for the Tar Heels, they have proven to field perhaps the strongest front line in college basketball this year.

Freshman phenom Caleb Wilson is a National Player of the Year frontrunner as the calendar flips later this week. He is joined by 7-foot, Arizona transfer Henri Veesaar, who has been one of the best additions in the country this offseason.

Also, UNC sported an 8-1 record without senior guard Seth Trimble, who returned to the lineup last weekend against Ohio State. The Tar Heels will open ACC play with a home date against Florida State on Tuesday night.