Change is coming in Chapel Hill because Butch Davis caught the gauntlet today from the University of North Carolina.

The school released a statement after its Board of Trustees met and decided Davis’ fate.

Chancellor Holden Thorp says the decision was not prompted by any changes in the ongoing NCAA investigation into possible improper benefits and academic misconduct in the football program.

Rather, Thorp says he “lost confidence in our ability to come through this without harming the way people think of this institution.”

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Basically, the tarnishing of the program is not acceptable and the man had to go. Coaches usually take the fall in situations like this (see Jim Tressel), BUT coaching is a fraternity of sorts so another job is just around the bend.

Butch Davis coached the Tar Heels for four seasons, but the program began to take heat when it was revealed that there were possible rules violations regarding gifts and sports agents.

Every year this story replays itself on campuses across the country and a sports program takes a hit because the NCAA refuses to reinvent itself. They’re a hard-headed bunch.