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Withers named interim head coach at UNC
CHAPEL HILL Growing up in Charlotte, Everett Withers daydreamed about playing football at North Carolina.
Now, he's the first AfricanAmerican to ever be a head football coach there.
The school announced Thursday evening that Withers, the Tar Heels defensive coordinator the last three seasons, will take over as head coach following the firing of Butch Davis. The university will pursue a permanent replacement, but no timeline has been discussed publicly. today.
believe Everett is the right person for our football program under these challenging circumstances, UNC chancellor Holden Thorp said in a prepared statement. am impressed with the relationships he has built with our players and staff, and it is our top priority to help our studentathletes going forward. I believe he can help our students succeed at the highest level both on and off the field and in the classroom. takes over a team faced with multiple offthefield distractions sparked by an NCAA investigation launched last year. Davis, who was set to begin his fifth year as head coach, was let go just nine days before practice was set to begin. Thursday, athletics director Dick Baddour announced his resignation, although he will stay on until the hiring of his successor.
And on Oct. 28, school officials will attend a hearing with the NCAA Committee of Infractions that will eventually determine sanctions against the university following allegations of academic fraud and impermissible benefits.
Fall practice begins next Friday.
excited for this opportunity and I honored the Chancellor and Dick Baddour have faith in me to do this job, Wither said in a prepared statement. realize this appointment is coming during a tough transition for our football players and staff. My job and the job of our assistant coaches is to prepare these students to perform at the highest level this season. I love Carolina and this community, and I will do everything I can to make the Tar Heel fans proud of this team. season, North Carolina defense under Withers ranked fourth in the ACC and 30th in the country.
The father of two played defensive back at West Charlotte High, then at Appalachian State from 198185. In an interview several years ago, Withers said the coaching bug bit him near the end of his junior year in Boone, when Mack Brown, then Appalachian State coach, called him into his office and asked do you want to do with your future? had moved from corner to safety to outside linebacker, so I was kind of moving closer to the line of scrimmage, so I figured by then I wasn going to be an NFL corner, Withers told The News Observer. I was always intrigued with X and O and that kind of stuff; was always doodling plays and schemes. So coaching made sense. a year at Appalachian State as a graduate assistant, Withers made coaching stops at Austin Peay, Tulane, Southern Mississippi,[url=http://nikefreetilbud.hcslnet.com]nike free[/url], the New Orleans Saints, Louisville, Texas, the Tennessee Titans and Minnesota before returning to his home state before the 2008 season.
This marks his first head coaching post.
Chancellor and I spoke with him this afternoon, and we believe he has the leadership qualities to help our studentathletes deal with the challenges ahead, Baddour said in a prepared statement. are fortunate to have someone with his credentials and background. He is ready for this position.

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Sinfully lavish shopping on the Strip
"The president of Prada came to look at this space, and was so impressed, he added another floor" to an alreadyplanned, twostorey store, said Farid Matraki, vicepresident and general manager of s.
The Parisbased company opens its largest store in the United States Oct. 1 at Crystals, the fashion gem of the $8.5 billion,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], CityCenter hotelcasino complex that opened here in December to international acclaim.
Comparisons to Manhattan and Rodeo Drive are often made in Las Vegas because so many designers here also have shops at these other fashion centres. There are no less than four Dior stores in this city, all at different casinohotels.
"Who has so much luxury retail?" Matraki asked. "Not even Hong Kong. and New York, partly because its glamour comes from realityTV stars like Kim Kardashian and the Jersey Shore, or socialite Paris Hilton, recently arrested for cocaine possession (and barred for life from the Wynn property where she was caught).
Wealthy shoppers flock here, from all over the worldthe biggest spenders just don't seek publicity. Top international visitors to Vegas are Canadians, but retailers say top spenders are from Brazil and Asia.
"We had one family who came by private jet, shopped for eight hours at Crystals and went back home to Dallas the same day," Matraki said.
It's the only place where Israeli native Max Brenner says he considered opening the largest of his global chain of 32 chocolate restaurants, Chocolate by the Bald Man.
Brenner spent $3 million to open a chocolate emporium at The Forum Shops in August. It features a twostorey restaurant with chocolate everywhereon a pizza, on fries, in liquid chocolatefilled syringesand a chocolate shop, an Aphrodisiac bar, and "sidewalk" chocolate stand. (The Forum Shops have a fake sky and pseudoflagstone walkway indoors.)
"Since I started this concept 14 years ago, I heard all the time that the ultimate marriage between a location and the Max Brenner concept is in Vegas, because it's so fantastic," Brenner said.
"It's so exciting because this is our flagship store9,500 square feet, it's the largest of all, just like Vegas," he said. "The Max Brenner concept is all about fantasy, it's so decadent, it's so sweetperfect for Las Vegas."