Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham is the director of athletics at UNC. He is the seventh athletic director in UNC’s history. He was introduced by former Chancellor Holden Thorp in October 2011. Before coming to UNC, Cunningham worked in the athletic department of Ball State, Notre Dame and Tulsa.
During his time at UNC, Cunningham has worked with the Disney Institute to help identify new best practices in the athletic department. In 2013, he launched the Student-Athlete Initiative Working Group with Provost James Dean to help give academic support to student-athletes. He has also commissioned a review by an outside firm looking for ways to improve UNC’s athletic facilities.
The mental health discussion in sports has grown over the last five years, with the COVID-19 pandemic raising awareness about athletes dealing with anxiety, depression and isolation.
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Kenan Stadium will stick with grass, after all.
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The Faculty Athletics Committee met Tuesday to discuss student-athlete exit interviews and surveys, pending NCAA legislation and student-athlete academic advising.
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TO THE EDITOR: Tar Heel Nation: Thank you for the tremendous enthusiasm and support you provided during the game against Duke. Your passion for the team and the rivalry was felt on every play, helping the Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils in record fashion. The student section in particular was fantastic! Thanks for making this one of our most memorable games in Kenan Stadium.
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Tucked in a room belonging to an analytics and software company in Cary, the UNC-system presidential search committee met in closed session this week.
Read More »Before serving as the head football coach at Texas for 16 seasons, Mack Brown held the same position at North Carolina for 10 years.
Read More »The University has uncovered two new pieces of information could potentially require further review from the NCAA.
Read More »Bubba Cunningham had to think about every single word of his presentation to the Faculty Athletics Committee Thursday.
Read More »Marlon Petty is OK taking a year off from the sport he loves if it means he’ll have a smoother transition into college.
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Nearly 100 days have passed since the release of the Wainstein report, and UNC still appears far from reaching the closure that it seeks.
Read More »UNC was one of 65 schools that voted to pass legislation on Saturday to better financially support student-athletes across the country with an increased value of athletic scholarships.
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During the 2014 football season, the North Carolina defense was torched week in and week out — finishing the season ranked No. 117 in total defense out of the 125 teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.
Read More »UNC-system scholarship athletes have denied the invitation to sign up.
Read More »Less than a month after four football players were sent to the student attorney general for being accused of assaulting redshirt freshman wide receiver Jackson Boyer during training camp, the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group reviewed the Department of Athletics’ procedures for interacting with the Honor Court.
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Cunningham updated the Faculty Athletics Committee on important litigation and changes to the governance of college athletics in the committee’s first meeting of the academic year.
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