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11/25/2018 11:40am

Head coach Larry Fedora looks on during UNC's 42-35 loss to Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium on Nov. 10, 2018.

UNC head football coach Larry Fedora will not be retained, no replacement yet named

Larry Fedora's seventh year as the UNC head football coach is also his last, the University announced on Sunday. The announcement came just after a loss to N.C. State marked the end of North Carolina football's worst season since 2003. During his tenure, UNC had a combined record of 45-43 — having some of its best and worst seasons in recent program history under the coach. Read about Fedora's turbulent time at the helm of the Tar Heels here.

4/28/2017 12:36am

Professor Jay Smith taught a class about athletes' rights, but it was later cancelled.

Emails show Jay Smith and big-time sports course faced resistance from athletics

By Aaron Redus

After a faculty call for academic freedom brought more attention to the cancellation of history professor Jay Smith’s big-time college sports class, emails from 2016 show the class drew controversy from the beginning.

4/24/2017 11:05pm

For 18 years, UNC's academic improprieties went unnoticed by the NCAA.

An agency's oversight: How NCAA enforcement policies failed to catch scandal at UNC

By Sara Salinas , Colleen Moir and Logan Ulrich

One day, someone will tally up all the mail that comes into the NCAA office in Indianapolis and discover it circles the globe twice — or some other preposterous factoid. But in 2010, there was just another full inbox for an NCAA enforcement staff member to go through, with an email from Mary Willingham.

12/1/2016 11:58pm

Kenan Stadium will not be switching to a turf field but will instead keep the current grass surface.

Kenan Stadium will keep grass over artificial turf, UNC officials decide

By Cole del Charco

Kenan Stadium will stick with grass, after all.

11/9/2016 2:27am

The Faculty Athletic Committee spoke about exit surveys and interviews that student athletes partake in a meeting on Tuesday.

Faculty Athletics Committee reviews student-athlete surveys, academic advising

By Celia McRae

The Faculty Athletics Committee met Tuesday to discuss student-athlete exit interviews and surveys, pending NCAA legislation and student-athlete academic advising.

11/9/2015 11:15pm

Letter: Come out to the last home football game

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.

UNC-system president search leaves public in the dark

By Caroline Lamb and Hayley Fowler

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.

8/16/2015 5:26pm

Q&A with former UNC football coach Mack Brown

By Pat James

Before serving as the head football coach at Texas for 16 seasons, Mack Brown held the same position at North Carolina for 10 years.

8/14/2015 1:54pm

Two new potential infractions stall UNC's response to NCAA

By Jane Wester and Pat James

The University has uncovered two new pieces of information could potentially require further review from the NCAA.

8/13/2015 7:01pm

NOA response focus of Faculty Athletics Committee

By Bradley Saacks

Bubba Cunningham had to think about every single word of his presentation to the Faculty Athletics Committee Thursday.

3/20/2015 3:50am

Officials eye mandatory redshirt

By David Doochin

Marlon Petty is OK taking a year off from the sport he loves if it means he’ll have a smoother transition into college.

1/28/2015 12:58am

Experts weigh in on potential sanctions for UNC from NCAA investigation

By C Jackson Cowart

Nearly 100 days have passed since the release of the Wainstein report, and UNC still appears far from reaching the closure that it seeks.

1/21/2015 12:55am

NCAA approves student-athlete support

By David Doochin

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.

1/6/2015 10:39pm

Gene Chizik possible next defensive coordinator

By Pat James

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.

10/14/2014 12:44am

UNC athletes haven't unionized despite ruling

By Karishma Patel

UNC-system scholarship athletes have denied the invitation to sign up.

9/30/2014 12:37am

Working group talks athletic department's interactions with Honor Court

By Sarah Headley

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.

9/17/2014 12:40am

Lissa Broome, the Faculty Athletics Representative to the Atlantic Coast Conference and the NCAA, speaks to the Faculty Athletics Committee Tuesday. (Get more info from article)

Faculty Athletics Committee examines changing landscape

By Mark Lihn

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.

9/12/2014 2:09am

Investigation of UNC football team handed to Honor System

By Jordan Nash and Bradley Saacks

Student Attorney General Raquel Dominguez will determine whether an investigation will continue in the case regarding the alleged assault of UNC redshirt freshman wide receiver Jackson Boyer.

8/26/2014 4:22pm