Veteran NBA agent Jim Tanner will be North Carolina basketball’s general manager, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham announced Tuesday. Tanner’s hiring comes after fourth-year coach Hubert Davis revealed this month that he intended to hire a GM amid a rocky season for the Tar Heels in an evolving college basketball landscape.
The announcement of Tanner’s hiring came just before WRAL reported that Davis signed a contract extension in December that will run through 2030.
Tanner is the founder and president of Tandem Sports + Entertainment and represents NBA stars Desmond Bane and Jarrett Allen. The 1990 UNC graduate has represented 40 first-round NBA Draft picks over a career spanning nearly three decades.