UNC sports medicine researcher Kevin Guskiewicz, one of the country’s leading experts on concussions, has been named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago awarded Guskiewicz a MacArthur Fellowship,… read more
Vince Carter ’99 has made a $2.5 million donation to the Carolina basketball program. The gift is the largest to date to what is known as the Basketball Family Fund, which supports the operating endowment for the men’s basketball program. read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has named a 13-member search committee to recommend candidates to become the next director of athletics. Committee members include representatives of the Rams Club, trustees, faculty and administrators, athletics… read more
Everett Withers, for the past three years Carolina’s defensive coordinator and coach of the defensive secondary, has been named interim head coach following the dismissal of Butch Davis. Withers, a Charlotte native who captained Appalachian… read more
On the day after Butch Davis was dismissed as head football coach, Athletics Director Dick Baddour ’66 said he will step down as soon as his successor can be found. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 told a news conference on July 28 that… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 announced late July 27 that Butch Davis has been dismissed as Carolina’s head football coach. Davis was informed by Thorp and Director of Athletics Dick Baddour ’66 of the decision. The University issued a… read more
Carolina, a perennial top 10 finisher in the annual measure of postseason success in men’s and women’s varsity sports in the NCAA’s Division I, placed sixth in 2010-11. It is the Tar Heels’ 16th top 10 finish in the competition’s 18… read more
Jones Angell ’01, who has been host and color analyst for the Tar Heel Sports Network the past six years, will call radio play-by-play for Carolina football and men’s basketball broadcasts beginning in the 2011-12 season. Angell takes… read more
Woody Durham ’63 is retiring after 40 years as the play-by-play announcer for Carolina basketball and football. The “Voice of the Tar Heels” has called play-by-play on more than 1,800 football and men’s basketball broadcasts on the… read more
Women’s soccer national players of the year Casey Nogueira ’10 and Whitney Engen ’10 and All-America swimmer Chip Peterson ’10 are the recipients of the 2010 Patterson Medals, awarded annually to Carolina’s most outstanding male and female… read more