Football. Tar Heels Named To Phil Steele's Preseason All-ACC Team | University of North Carolina Athletics
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Eleven Tar Heels have landed on Phil Steele's preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team, including five that garnered first-team accolades. In addition, offensive guard Jonathan Cooper and linebacker Kevin Reddick were...
Football. Luke Named National Video Coordinator Of The Year | University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels' football video director earns national honors. Luke Named National Video Coordinator Of The Year Football Season Opener Set For 12:30 p.m. Tar Heels Sign With NFL Teams •...
ACC announces early season football kickoff times | Charlotte Observer
The ACC announced the kickoff times for most of the games for the first three weeks of the football season on Thursday. N.C. State and Tennessee will open the season on Aug. 31 in Atlanta in the Chick-fil-A kickoff at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The game times...
Rumors are again swirling about conference realignment | Macon Telegraph
rumors is that the schools outside of North Carolina in the ACC believe the four schools in the Tar Heel State have too much power. It doesn’t help that the commissioner of the conference, John Swofford, has longtime ties to the Tar Heels. It also doesn’t help...
Football. Football Season Opener Set For 12:30 p.m. | University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels will face Elon in Larry Fedora's first game as head coach. Larry Fedora HEADLINES RELATED LINKS • Ticket Information • Follow the Tar Heels • Kenan Memorial Stadium...
SB Nation: Which '12 draft pick is most likely to bust? | SI.com
backs. Only Coples knows his motivations, but he certainly did not look like a consistent player with the Tar Heels. Now he's playing for the New York Jets, a team with a reputation of a locker room meets frat house lobby. If Coples really does have motivational issues...
Report finds evidence of fraud in UNC department | Charlotte Observer
to unauthorized grade changes for students. One of the no-show classes is the Swahili course taken by former football player Michael McAdoo that prompted NCAA findings of impermissible tutoring, and drew more controversy when the final paper he submitted was found to have been heavily plagiarized. The...
Tar Heels Quinton Coples good enough, JEts coach Rex Ryan decides | Charlotte Observer
It never did. Seau committed suicide Wednesday at age 43, stunning the city of San Diego and the football world. In the following days, Ross and others fondly remembered their favorite moments with the star linebacker, a homegrown superstar who played 13 of his 20 NFL seasons with the...
Report finds academic fraud evidence in UNC department | Charlotte Observer
to unauthorized grade changes for students. One of the no-show classes is the Swahili course taken by former football player Michael McAdoo that prompted NCAA findings of impermissible tutoring, and drew more controversy when the final paper he submitted was found to have been heavily plagiarized. The...
Football. Tar Heels Sign With NFL Teams | University of North Carolina Athletics
Several University of North Carolina undrafted football players have reportedly signed either free agent contracts or have tryouts scheduled with NFL teams.
Football. Tar Heels Compete In Chick-fil-A Challenge | University of North Carolina Athletics
2012 Chick-fil-A Challenge Final Results North Carolina's team of Larry Fedora and Roy Williams finished tied for eighth at -6 in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge and won $20,000 for scholarships.
32 best prospects in the 2013 NFL Draft | SI.com
before being sidelined with a knee injury seven games into the 2011 season. He possesses the physical and football skills to be a feature running back at the next level if he returns to prior form. 16. Ricky Wagner, T, Wisconsin -- Wagner will be the next top offensive...
Ranking the 32 NFL best prospects for '13 | SI.com
before being sidelined with a knee injury seven games into the 2011 season. He possesses the physical and football skills to be a feature running back at the next level if he returns to prior form. 16. Ricky Wagner, T, Wisconsin -- Wagner will be the next top offensive...
Tony Pauline: Top 32 2013 NFL Draft prospects | SI.com
before being sidelined with a knee injury seven games into the 2011 season. He possesses the physical and football skills to be a feature running back at the next level if he returns to prior form. 16. Ricky Wagner, T, Wisconsin -- Wagner will be the next top offensive...
ACC favorites look familiar | Charlotte Observer
Three out of North Carolinas four ACC football coaches agree: a healthy spring is a good spring. While North Carolinas first-year coach Larry Fedora was busy implementing a new system for the Tar Heels, the ACCs other in-state...
ACC?s 2012 football favorites look familiar | Charlotte Observer
Three out of North Carolina?s four ACC football coaches agree: a healthy spring is a good spring. While North Carolina?s first-year coach Larry Fedora was busy implementing a new system for the Tar Heels, the ACC?s other in-state...
Titans select North Carolina LB Brown in NFL draft | Charlotte Observer
manager Ruston Webster said he feels they had a productive day. "Zach Brown's probably as talented a football player as you can find," Webster said. "Big, fast, very athletic, and then Mike Martin is what you want in a nose tackle. I mean he is tough as...
Football. Brown Selected In Second Round Of NFL Draft By Tennessee | University of North Carolina Athletics
Brown was a first-team All-ACC performer in 2011 and a semifinalist for the Butkus Award. He led the Tar Heels with 105 tackles and added 13.5 tackles for losses and 5.5 sacks. He also recorded seven career interceptions for 137 yards. "I think I can do a...
DeCock: Loose ends in UNCs football mess | Charlotte Observer
NCAA has ruled, the sanctions are in, and even the ACC has roused itself to scold North Carolinas football program for its indiscretions. A new coaching staff is in place, along with a new athletic director, and the Tar Heels have, for the most part, moved on. There are...
Fedora is already stoking the rivalry | Charlotte Observer
yet to coach his first game at North Carolina but already he has added some zest to the Tar Heels? football rivalry with N.C. State. Speaking on Wednesday night in Charlotte at a Rams Club Tar Heel Tour stop, Fedora indicated he understands just fine the significance of...
UNC coach Fedora already stoking N.C. State rivalry | Charlotte Observer
yet to coach his first game at North Carolina but already he has added some zest to the Tar Heels? football rivalry with N.C. State. Speaking on Wednesday night in Charlotte at a Rams Club Tar Heel Tour stop, Fedora indicated he understands just fine the significance of...
Football. Fedora On ACC Spring Conference Call | University of North Carolina Athletics
as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference's spring teleconference. Fedora addressed a number of issues as the Tar Heels look forward to the 2012 season. Opening comments: "We had three objectives coming out of spring ball this year. One was that, at the end of spring, hopefully our...
Carolina Panthers show interest in former UNC DE Quinton Coples | Charlotte Observer
Em.138.jpg|315 UNC defensive end Quinton Coples runs position drills in front of NFL scouts during the Tar Heels' pro day in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Shawn Rocco - srocco@newsobserver.com http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/03/20/19/47/iWgwj. Em.138.jpg|449 UNC defensive end...
Football. Luke Named ACC Video Coordinator Of The Year | University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina's football video coordinator earns top honor. Official Pairings Announced for Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge Social Contest to Select Campus Setting for College GameDay Promotional Spot Football Mini-Season/Group Tickets On Sale April 21...
Rivera, Hurney meet with Quinton Coples | Charlotte Observer
assistant coach to Chapel Hill in March to watch former North Carolina defensive end Quinton Coples at the Tar Heels pro day. On Monday, coach Ron Rivera and general manager Marty Hurney made the trip from Charlotte to Chapel Hill to meet with Coples, a league source said Tuesday...