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Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Operations
- Email:
- ehoots@uncaa.unc.edu
- Phone:
- 919-962-1154
The 2025-26 season is Eric Hoots’ 22nd on staff with Carolina Men’s Basketball. He is the director of basketball operations and an assistant to the athletic director. Hoots is working for his third head coach, as he served as a team manager for Matt Doherty and Roy Williams, spent 17 seasons on Williams’ staff and is in his fifth season with head coach Hubert Davis.
Hoots has been part of national championship seasons in 2005, 2009 and 2017, three other Final Four teams in 2008, 2016 and 2022, 10 ACC regular-season championships, three ACC Tournament titles and nine No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.
Hoots is the primary contact for former Tar Heel players and is the program’s in-office academic coordinator. As the contact with the Student Academic Support office, he is responsible for monitoring the players’ academic progress. Hoots is also responsible for team travel and the team’s equipment needs, including managing the budget, ordering apparel and serving as a liaison between Nike/Jordan and the basketball staff.
A 2004 UNC graduate with a degree in communications, Hoots was a three-year Tar Heel varsity manager. He served as head manager as a senior in Williams’ first season at Carolina in 2003-04. Hoots earned his master’s degree in sport administration from VCU in 2010.
Hoots, a Newton, N.C., native, and his wife, Amy, have two sons, Brady and Jackson, and a daughter, Avery.
