After a national search, UNC Asheville selected Mike Morrell to helm the UNC Asheville men’s basketball program on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.

Morrell is the seventh head coach in the history of UNC Asheville men’s basketball. Considered one of the top assistants in all of college basketball, Morrell joined UNC Asheville from the University of Texas. He is a native of Elizabethton, Tenn.