March Madness 2022: North Carolina's Hubert Davis in rare company as team set for Final Four

Legendary Sportscaster and Fox Nation's 'Talking with GOATs' host Jim Gray recaps the historic season of Saint Peter's basketball and what to expect in the final four.

North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis is on the precipice of history.

Davis’ Tar Heels squad is about to get a third crack at longtime rival Duke on Saturday when the two teams square off in the Final Four. For Davis, some milestones come with an appearance at the Final Four.

The first-year head coach who took over for the legendary Roy Williams, who retired last season, will become the second men’s basketball head coach in NCAA history to make a Final Four as a player and coach in a Final Four with their alma mater.

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North Carolina's Hubert Davis celebrates after North Carolina beat St. Peter's in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Kansas’ Dick Harp was the first to accomplish the feat. He played under Phog Allen and took over the head coaching reins from him in 1956. Davis was on the Tar Heels’ 1990-91 Final Four team that lost to the Jayhawks in the national semifinal.

Davis is also the ninth men’s basketball head coach to take a team to a Final Four in their first season. He’s the first coach to do so since the late Bill Guthridge did it with North Carolina in 1998. Harp also completed the milestone in his first year in 1957.

He talked about what the forthcoming milestones meant to him after North Carolina defeated Saint Peter’s on Sunday night.

"Well, it was really emotional toward the end of the game when we can finally settle in and realize that these guys are going to a Final Four. It was something that I just