UNC opened its new sports medicine center Friday after $8.3 million in renovations.
The Stallings-Evans Sports Medicine Center was funded by a combination of private gifts and contributions from the Division of Student Affairs, the athletics department and the College of Arts and Sciences.
It provides athletic training and sports medicine to all varsity athletes as well as athletes on club and intramural teams.
The building is named for Don and Billie Stallings from Rocky Mount, who made a major contribution in support of the facility.
Don Stallings played football at UNC in the late ’50s and later professionally for the Washington Redskins. He served on the UNC Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2009.
The building also honors the late Eddie Evans, son of Billie Stallings.
“This project represents what Carolina is about: bringing people like Don and Billie Stallings together with several campus partners to build this beautiful facility that will help our student-athletes excel in the classroom and on the playing field. We are grateful for their generous support,” said Chancellor Holden Thorp at a May 6 dedication of the center.
UNC’s sports medicine facilities were previously housed in Fetzer Gym.
The new center is now next door to Fetzer. It is staffed with 11 full-time and three part-time athletic trainers, 18 graduate athletic trainers, two sports nutritionists and four UNC sports medicine physicians.
