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North Carolina Tar Heels
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| North Carolina Tar Heels | |
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| University | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| NCAA | Division I-A |
| Athletics director | Dick Baddour |
| Location | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Varsity teams | 28 |
| Football stadium | Kenan Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Dean Smith Center |
| Other arenas | Carmichael Auditorium |
| Mascot | Rameses the Ram |
| Nickname | Tar Heels |
| Fight song | I'm a Tar Heel Born |
| Colors | Carolina Blue and White
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| Homepage | http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/ |
The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC"). The name Tar Heel is also often used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. Being the flagship institution of the University of North Carolina system, Chapel Hill is referred to as "University of North Carolina" for the purposes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Tar Heels are commonly referred to as "Carolina," "North Carolina," or simply the "Heels." The University of North Carolina has won 39 team national championships in six different sports, 9th all-time, and 51 individual national championships. The women's soccer team has won 19 national championships since 1981; the men's soccer team won the national championship in 2001; the women's basketball team in 1994; the men's basketball team in 1924, 1957, 1982, 1993, and 2005; the men's lacrosse team in 1982, 1986, and 1991; the women's field hockey team in 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2007; the women's team handball team in 2004; and the men's team handball team in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The men's crew team won the 2004 ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta in the varsity eight category [1].
In 1994, the University's athletic programs won the Sears Directors Cup which is awarded for cumulative performance in NCAA competition.
Notable graduates from the athletic programs include Tyler Berg, Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Lawrence Taylor, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Cindy Parlow, Davis Love III, Eddie Pope, Roy Williams, B.J. Surhoff, Jeff Reed, Andrew Miller, Daniel Bard and Marion Jones.
UNC's most heated rivalries are with its Tobacco Road counterparts: Duke (See UNC-Duke rivalry), North Carolina State (See UNC-NCSU rivalry), and Wake Forest. In recent years, the UNC-Duke basketball series has attracted the most attention. UNC also has a rivalry with Virginia in college football, known as the South's Oldest Rivalry.
| Retired basketball jerseys | ||
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| Number | Player | Year |
| NC | Jack Cobb | 1926 |
| 20 | George Glamack | 1941 |
| 10 | Lennie Rosenbluth | 1957 |
| 12 | Phil Ford | 1978 |
| 52 | James Worthy | 1983 |
| 23 | Michael Jordan | 1985 |
| 33 | Antawn Jamison | 1999 |
North Carolina has enjoyed long success as one of the top basketball programs in the country. Overall, the Tar Heels have won four NCAA championships.
The school also claims a national championship in 1924. That year, the team went 26-0 in an era with no official national championship. In the mid-1930s, the school was retroactively awarded a national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation, an independent organization founded around that time in Los Angeles.
Under coach Frank McGuire, the team won its first NCAA championship in 1957. After McGuire left, legendary coach Dean Smith established the team as a powerhouse in college basketball. While coaching for UNC for over thirty years, Smith set the record for the most wins of any men's college basketball head coach, a record broken in 2007 by Bob Knight. Under Smith, the Tar Heels won two national championships and had numerous talented players come through the program. More recently, the Tar Heels won the national championship in 2005 under coach Roy Williams.
North Carolina starts the 2007-2008 basketball season as the consensus #1 team in the nation by the Associated Press for the sixth time since the poll started in 1961. Junior forward Tyler Hansbrough was voted on the preseason All-America team; only one vote shy of being unanimous.
| Retired football jerseys | |
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| Number | Player |
| 22 | Charlie Justice |
| 46 | Bill Sutherland |
| 50 | Art Weiner |
| 59 | Andy Bershak |
| 98 | Lawrence Taylor |
| 99 | George Barclay |
While not having as long of a sustained successful period as the basketball program, the North Carolina football program has had periods of excellence and several great players pass through the program, including Jeff Saturday, Lawrence Taylor, William Fuller, Greg Ellis, Dre Bly, Willie Parker, Alge Crumpler, and standout basketball star Julius Peppers.
The program took a step toward possible prominence by hiring former Miami Hurricanes football head coach Butch Davis for the 2007 season, and making the pledge that they would fund the football program to the same extent that their dominant Men's and Women's basketball teams are funded. On February 7, 2007, Butch Davis and staff inked one of the top recruiting classes in North Carolina football history, earning national recognition from the recruiting industry's most influential websites, including Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com. This class includes some of the nation's most highly sought after recruits including Marvin Austin, Mike Dykes, Greg Little, Dwight Jones, Mike Paulus, Zack Pianalto, Tydreke Powell, Da'Norris Searcy and Quan Sturdivant.
| Season | Head Coach | Overall Record | Postseason | ||
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| 1979 | Anson Dorrance | 10-2 | - | ||
| 1980 | Anson Dorrance | 21-5 | AIAW Final Four | ||
| 1981 | Anson Dorrance | 23-0 | AIAW Champions | ||
| 1982 | Anson Dorrance | 19-2 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1983 | Anson Dorrance | 19-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1984 | Anson Dorrance | 24-0-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1985 | Anson Dorrance | 18-2-1 | Runner-Up to George Mason | ||
| 1986 | Anson Dorrance | 24-0-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1987 | Anson Dorrance | 23-0-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1988 | Anson Dorrance | 24-0-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1989 | Anson Dorrance | 24-0 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1990 | Anson Dorrance | 24-0 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1991 | Anson Dorrance | 25-0 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1992 | Anson Dorrance | 25-0 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1993 | Anson Dorrance | 23-0 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1994 | Anson Dorrance | 25-1-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1995 | Anson Dorrance | 25-1 | Final Four | ||
| 1996 | Anson Dorrance | 25-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1997 | Anson Dorrance | 27-0-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 1998 | Anson Dorrance | 25-1 | Runner-Up to Florida | ||
| 1999 | Anson Dorrance | 24-2 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 2000 | Anson Dorrance | 21-3 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 2001 | Anson Dorrance | 24-1 | Runner-Up to Santa Clara | ||
| 2002 | Anson Dorrance | 21-2-4 | Final Four | ||
| 2003 | Anson Dorrance | 27-0 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 2004 | Anson Dorrance | 20-1-2 | Third Round | ||
| 2005 | Anson Dorrance | 23-1-1 | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2006 | Anson Dorrance | 25-1 | NCAA Champions | ||
| 2007 | Anson Dorrance | 17-3-1 | Third Round | ||
| TOTAL OVERALL RECORD: 620-30-19 (.927) | |||||
National Coach of the Year:
- Anson Dorrance - 1982, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006
ACC Coach of the Year:
- Anson Dorrance - 1982, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
National Player of the Year (Hermann Trophy):
- Shannon Higgins -1989
- Kristine Lilly - 1991
- Mia Hamm - 1992, 1993
- Tisha Venturini - 1994
- Cindy Parlow - 1997, 1998
- Cat Reddick - 2003
ACC Player of the Year:
- Mia Hamm - 1990, 1992, 1993
- Cindy Parlow - 1998
ACC Offensive Player of the Year
- Heather O'Reilly - 2005
- Yael Averbuch - 2006
ACC Rookie of the Year:
- Tisha Venturini - 1991
- Cindy Parlow - 1995
- Laurie Schway - 1996
- Lindsay Tarpley - 2002
NCAA Tournament:
Tournament MVP:
- April Heinrichs - 1984 (last year overall MVP named)
Offensive Player of the Tournament:
- April Heinrichs - 1985, 1986
- Kristine Lilly - 1989, 1990
- Mia Hamm - 1992, 1993
- Tisha Venturini - 1994
- Debbie Keller - 1996
- Robin Confer - 1997
- Susan Bush - 1999
- Meredith Florence - 2000
- Heather O’Reilly - 2003, 2006
Defensive Player of the Tournament:
- Sue Cobb - 1983
- Carla Overbeck - 1988
- Tracy Bates - 1989
- Tisha Venturini - 1991
- Staci Wilson - 1994
- Nel Fettig - 1996
- Siri Mullinix - 1997
- Lorrie Fair - 1999
- Cat Reddick - 2000, 2003
- Robin Gayle - 2006
First Team All American: As of 2006, UNC had 62 players gain first team All American recognition. The next two schools with the greatest number of All Americans were tied with twenty-two each.See p. 286
The baseball team has had recent success, reaching the championship series of the College World Series in both 2006 and 2007, losing both times to Oregon State. They also appeared in the College World Series in 1960, 1966, 1978, and 1989.
- B.J. Surhoff - 1984
- Scott Bankhead - 1984
- Andrew Miller - 2006
Note: All players and coaches were on the US national team unless otherwise indicated.
- Larry Brown - 1964, 1980 (assistant coach), 2004 (head coach)
- Charlie Scott - 1968
- Bobby Jones - 1972
- Walter Davis - 1976
- Phil Ford - 1976
- Mitch Kupchak - 1976
- Tom LaGarde - 1976
- Dean Smith - 1976 (head coach)
- Bill Guthridge - 1976 (assistant coach)
- Al Wood - 1980
- Michael Jordan - 1984, 1992
- Sam Perkins - 1984
- J.R. Reid - 1988
- Henrik Rödl - 1992 (
Germany) - Vince Carter - 2000
- Roy Williams - 2004
- Trish Roberts - 1976
- Sylvia Hatchell - 1988 (assistant coach)
- Danute M. Bankaitis-Davis, Ph.D. - 1988
- Nhi Lan Le - 1996
- John Friedberg - 1992
- Karen Shelton - 1980, 1984
- Marcia Pankratz - 1988, 1996
- Leslie Lyness - 1996
- Cindy Werley - 1996
- Laurel Hershey - 1996
- Kelli James - 1996
- Liz Tchou - 1996
- John Keller - 1996
- Steve Penn - 1996
- Chryss Watts - 1996
- Bill Roy - 1996
- Eddie Pope - 1996
- Laurie Gregg - 1996, 2000 (assistant coach)
- April Heinrichs - 1996 (assistant coach), 2000 (head coach), 2004 (head coach)
- Tisha Venturini - 1996
- Kristine Lilly - 1996, 2000, 2004
- Mia Hamm - 1996, 2000, 2004
- Carla Werden - 1996, 2000
- Staci Wilson - 1996
- Cindy Parlow - 1996, 2000, 2004
- Tiffany Roberts - 1996
- Tracy Noonan - 1996
- Siri Mullinix - 2000
- Lorrie Fair - 2000
- Catherine Reddick - 2004
- Heather O'Reilly - 2004
- Lindsay Tarpley - 2004
- Tracy Bates-Leon - 2004 (assistant coach)
- Natalie Anter - 2004
- Thompson Mann - 1964
- Phil Riker - 1964
- Chris Stevenson - 1984
- Yann DeFabrique - 1992, 1996
- David Monasterio - 1992
- David Fox - 1996
- Stan Tinkham - 1956 (head coach)
- Ann Marshall - 1972
- Janis Hape - 1976
- Wendy Weinberg - 1976
- Sue Walsh - 1980
- Harry Williamson - 1936
- Bill Albans - 1948
- Chunk Simmons - 1948, 1952
- Jim Beatty - 1960
- Charles Foster - 1976
- C.J. Hunter - 1996
- Ken Harnden - 1996, 2000
- Allen Johnson - 1996, 2000, 2004
- Eddie Neufville - 1996, 2000
- Curtis Johnson - 2000
- Dominic Demeritte - 2000, 2004
- Vikas Gowda - 2004
- Sharon Couch - 1992, 2000
- Tisha Waller - 1996, 2004
- Lynda Lipson - 1996, 2000
- Joan Nesbit - 1996
- Marion Jones - 2000, 2004
- LaTasha Colander-Richardson - 2000, 2004
- Monique Hennagan - 2000, 2004
- Nadine Faustin - 2000, 2004
- Nicole Gamble - 2000
- Crystal Cox - 2004
- Shalane Flanagan - 2004
- Laura Gerraughty - 2004
- Perrin Henderson - 1956 - 1957
- Kendall Cross - 1992, 1996
- John Lacey - 1964 (men's basketball trainer), 1972 (head trainer)
- Tim Taft - 1980
- Rick Brewer - 1984
- Dave Lohse - 1988
- Frank Zang - 1992, 1994, 1996
- Dave Lohse - 1996
- Chris Schleter - 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
- Donald Lockerbie - 1996, 2000, 2004 (organizing committee)
- Kevin Best - 1996, 2000, 2002
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