Carolina has long been known for its distinct logos and its shade of blue. But over the years, not everyone has agreed on what that shade of blue should be. In partnership with Nike, UNC’s Department of Athletics has refreshed its marks and colors… read more
Dean Smith, who died Feb. 7, was a great coach, no doubt about it, but on a day 17 years ago, he was so much more than a coach. If you could have seen him with Matt Shelor — a tough, scrappy, plucky kid from Meadows of Dan — you’d know that… read more
Thirty-six years as the gold-standard courtside tactician would have been plenty. Dean Smith, the man hired to plug holes in a crisis, brought Carolina and his community so much more. read more
About 10,000 people came to the Smith Center on Feb. 22, and thousands more watched on TV and online, as Carolina said goodbye to Dean Smith in a UNC-sponsored tribute presided over by Chancellor Carol L. Folt. read more
Carolina will celebrate the life of Dean Smith during a public memorial service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, in the Smith Center. The public, fans and all who cared about the coach are invited to attend. read more
Dean Smith, North Carolina’s incomparable basketball coach for 36 years, who mastered the beautiful complexities of a simple game on the court and lived and taught his players the simple truths of a complex humanity away from it, died Saturday. He… read more
The Carolina-Duke basketball rivalry graduated years ago from a Tobacco Road brawl to an integral part of the national sports scene. The bitter rivalry has spawned a cottage industry of books, videos and gear cashing in on the enmity of the two… read more
The University will begin offering scholarship athletes who have left Carolina with uncompleted degrees the chance to come back at any time and continue their studies under the financial terms of their scholarships. For a full-scholarship… read more
P.J. Hairston, who led the Tar Heels in scoring last season and spent this season sidelined, will not return to Carolina’s basketball team. Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham said Friday in a release: “Unfortunately, P.J. made a number of… read more
Carmichael Auditorium served the men’s basketball team for 20 years. The Dean E. Smith Center is now 27 and has some acknowledged shortcomings, such as a single concourse and no private suites, so naturally renovation-or-replacement talk comes up… read more