New hire set to join Michael Malone’s UNC basketball coaching staff as assistant
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- Bryan Tibaldi will join Michael Malone’s UNC basketball staff as an assistant coach.
- Tibaldi spent last season as an assistant at Providence under Kim English.
- Tibaldi’s résumé includes the NBA and G League experience with Canton Charge.
Michael Malone is continuing to shape his first staff in Chapel Hill, with Bryan Tibaldi set to join as an assistant coach, a source has confirmed to the N&O. Inside Carolina first reported the news.
Tibaldi arrives from Providence, where he spent last season as an assistant under Kim English — who was set to join Malone’s coaching staff but later backed out.
Before Providence, Tibaldi spent six seasons in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was promoted into an assistant coaching role in 2024 after serving in player development and video positions.
Tibaldi’s background includes extensive work in practice planning, individual skill development, opponent scouting and film analysis. His career path also includes earlier college stops at Missouri, DePaul and Cleveland State, as well as G League experience with the Canton Charge. He began his career in the NBA in the 2009-10 season with the Chicago Bulls in video and basketball operations roles.
Tibaldi walked on at Michigan State and later served as a graduate assistant under legendary coach Tom Izzo, overlapping with the Spartans’ run to the 2009 national championship game against UNC.
Tibaldi joins a staff that already includes former Arkansas assistant Chuck Martin along with longtime UNC assistants Pat Sullivan and Sean May. Malone’s full coaching staff has yet to be announced by the university.