Malcolm Turner, a proven and highly accomplished sports business executive with a passion for the transformative power of education, began his tenure as the university’s vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director on Feb. 1, 2019.

Turner, a former member of the NBA’s senior leadership team and president of the NBA G League, graduated from North Carolina and went on to earn joint J.D./.M.B.A. degrees from Harvard.
 Turner is also an accomplished community leader, having served on the advisory boards for Teach for America, the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, the UNC Board of Visitors and the board of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund.
 As a student at North Carolina, Turner was a Rhodes Scholar finalist, Morehead-Cain Scholar and recipient of the Ernest L. Mackie Chancellor’s Award for character, scholarship and leadership.
 Turner’s tenure as president of the NBA G League was hallmarked by growth, expansion and transformation.