The UNC Tar Heels stand at 4-1 with Louisville coming to Chapel Hill on Saturday. First-year coach Everett Withers was asked several questions this week including this one.

QUESTION: What’s been the most critical element in how you’ve been able to keep everything together and have this team at 4-1 right now?

COACH WITHERS: I think the big issue is
me being myself and the staff understanding me,
and the players understanding me. I think it was a
smooth transition in that way. I think these kids
have been very comfortable around me.

They know what I expect. They know the
accountability that I expect and the staff expects.
That’s been the biggest thing to emphasize, and it
hadn’t been something we had to really do a lot of.

I think these kids understand that this staff
is a good coaching staff, very fundamentally sound
and coaching technique. They understand what I
believe in, playing good defense, running the
football, taking opportunities when you have
opportunities. To me, it was not that big or drastic
change in that aspect. I think the biggest thing
was those kids felt comfortable with me.