North Carolina coach Mack Brown reportedly offered to step down after the Tar Heels' 70–50 loss at home to James Madison. However, he backed off from that later.

North Carolina coach Mack Brown told his team following Saturday's 70-50 loss to James Madison that he would "walk away and step down if he was the problem," sources told 247Sports' Inside Carolina. The players vocally supported Brown and took the blame themselves after Brown made his address.

North Carolina endured a disastrous first half on Saturday against James Madison, falling behind 53-21 at halftime. JMU quarterback Alonza Barnett

Mack Brown told ESPN on Saturday he’s not resigning and “will be back at work” Sunday following an embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison. He said it was an emotional locker room and told the team he blamed himself and would step away if he couldn’t get things straightened out.

Emotions were clearly high in North Carolina's locker room after the Tar Heels were blown out by JMU 70-50 in Chapel Hill. It was the most points UNC has given up, tying the mark set by ECU in 2014. Following the game,

UNC head coach Mack Brown says it was "embarrassing" to see his Power Four team lose 70-50 to visiting JMU on Saturday. "Embarrassing day. Shocking day.

Alonza Barnett III’s five touchdown passes led a quick-strike offense that helped James Madison beat North Carolina 70-50 on Saturday for a signature road win under first-year coach Bob Chesney.

North Carolina plummeted to the absolute rock bottom of Mack Brown's tenure with Saturday afternoon's 70-50 loss, at home, to James Madison. This after the Tar Heels (3-1) entered as 10.5-point favorites against the Sun Belt Conference school that lost its coach and a majority of its impact starters in the offseason.

North Carolina Football played the James Madison Dukes in Week 4 and the result shocked everyone. The Tar Heels endured their first loss of the season against the Dukes in a 70-50 beatdown on the Tar Heels.