North Carolina football coach Mack Brown underwent successful knee replacement surgery Monday and is expected to be back at work Tuesday.
The university announced the surgery was performed by Dr. Michael Bolognesi at Duke University Hospital. The surgeon played football at North Carolina from 1989-93 during Brown’s first tenure with the Tar Heels.
“The surgery went really well with no issues or complications and he’ll begin a standard rehabilitation program in Chapel Hill immediately,” Bolognesi said in a statement released by North Carolina. “We don’t expect there to be any need to alter his summer schedule as it relates to team and football operations.”
The surgery was performed in the morning, and Brown was walking later in the day before his release from the hospital, the school statement said.
“How cool is it that one of our former players replaced my knee yesterday,” Brown, 67, said in a news release. “We talk about building young men so they can be productive husbands, fathers and citizens. Carolina produces a lot of special people and I’m happy we were able to play a small part in Mike’s development because we counted on him and he, along with the rest of the surgical and anesthetic team, did a tremendous job.”
