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Michael Norwood on the exchange between Michael Malone and former players that impressed him. #UNC
Jul 2, 2026
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Coach Malone going skydiving with the
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Golden Knights. Can you tell us a little
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bit about Coach Malone's energy and what
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we can expect from him?
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>> Uh I met him all the former players met
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him right before his press conference.
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He had had us in his office and I just
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right there I loved what he had to say.
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He uh he feels old school to me.
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Um and then the press conference I
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thought he killed it. I thought he had
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great answers and here's what we want to
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do and
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I said no multiple times and they and he
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kept giving
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Steve Newmark credit for he kept coming
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at him kept coming at him and he changed
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my probably my favorite thing he said it
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twice during the press conference. My
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favorite thing is he corrected somebody
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and said I was fired. I really respected
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him for not making excuses, not hiding
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by anything. He said no no I was fired
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from there. And and that just that
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resonated with me.
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Um
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I was I walked away from the press
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conference going I'm all in. I'm glad we
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didn't get any of the college guys cuz I
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don't want you know if we were to get
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Dusty May just for example oh he's the
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Michigan guy I don't want that. I I want
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Carolina to be unique and Coach Malone
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with his daughter playing volleyball
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with him being around
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I just
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he fits. He just really does feel like
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he fits and he was around camp a bunch.
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I mean he'd come in gyms, he'd come to
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the meeting, come speak to everybody.
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He's really trying to integrate himself.
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I've run into him and hung out with him
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at women's lacrosse games and different
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things like that where he's already on
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campus doing stuff like that and
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I'm excited. I'm I'm very excited for
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Coach Malone to be here.
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>> Yeah I talked to him briefly
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