The Associated Press

PINEHURST, N.C. — North Carolina coach Butch Davis said Monday he has never thought of quitting amid an NCAA investigation into his program, adding that he takes responsibility “fully and completely” for the events that created a year of turmoil in Chapel Hill.

Speaking at the Atlantic Coast Conference’s preseason media day, Davis said it has been “reassuring” to have the support of athletics director Dick Baddour and Chancellor Holden Thorp as the NCAA investigated improper benefits and academic misconduct within the program. It was his first extensive comments since the NCAA outlined numerous potentially major violations in its notice of allegations sent to the school last month.

Davis was not linked personally to any allegations, though he said the burden still falls on him as head coach.