{"id":704987,"date":"2026-04-08T10:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704987\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:04:22","slug":"michael-malone-lands-50m-contract-at-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704987\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Malone lands $50M contract at North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nikola Miloradovic<\/p>\n

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Former NBA champion among five highest-paid coaches in college basketball<\/p>\n

By Eurohoops team\/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

The financial details are out for North Carolina\u2019s newest hire, and they are record-breaking.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN<\/a>, Michael Malone is set to earn over $50 million across a six-year deal.<\/p>\n

This massive investment places the former Denver Nuggets<\/a> coach among the top five highest-paid coaches in college basketball.<\/p>\n

The deal, approved Tuesday by the university\u2019s board of trustees, signals a major financial pivot for the Tar Heels as they look to modernize the program following the firing of Hubert Davis.<\/p>\n

With 510 NBA wins and a championship with Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets<\/a> on his resume, Malone\u2019s salary reflects UNC\u2019s commitment to elite leadership. As noted by executive associate athletic director Steve Newmark, the school viewed Malone\u2019s \u201cmodern and disciplined approach\u201d as a necessity worth the premium price tag.<\/p>\n

By luring Malone away from his analyst role at ESPN with a top-tier contract, North Carolina has made it clear: they are willing to pay whatever it takes to return to championship status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-04-08T11:52:48+00:00 2026-04-08T11:52:48+00:00 2026-04-08T11:52:48+00:00. Nikola Miloradovic 08\/Apr\/26 11:52 Eurohoops.net Nikola Miloradovic Bart Young \/ Getty Images \/ Ideal Image…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,6,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-704987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-denver","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-denvernuggets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nuggets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116368524382268454","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}