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January 12, 2026

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Guess who’s back? Mack again

November 27, 2018 Shawn Krest

In late November 1997, Mack Brown announced that he was leaving UNC after 10 seasons as head coach. That same week, former NC State basketball star and current Dallas Maverick Dennis Smith Jr. was born. […]

Article

Mack to the future: UNC bringing back former coach Mack Brown

November 27, 2018 Cory Lavalette

CHAPEL HILL — It’s official: Mack Brown is returning to Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina will hold a noon press conference Tuesday to announce that the former Tar Heels coach is returning to […]

News

UNC leaders meet over Silent Sam, agree to have a plan by November

August 29, 2018 North State Journal Staff

CHAPEL HILL — In reaction to the toppling of UNC Chapel Hill’s long-standing Confederate soldier statue known as Silent Sam, the UNC System’s Board of Governors and the UNC-CH Board of Trustees held special meetings. […]

Article

Surratt, defensive ends among UNC football suspensions

August 6, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — A year after playing most of the 2017 season with a roster depleted by an epidemic of injuries, the North Carolina football team will begin the new season equally as shorthanded. Only […]

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Article

The floor is the Roy: UNC names Smith Center floor after Williams

August 2, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  The floor inside the arena named for one legendary North Carolina basketball coach will now bear the name of the Tar Heels’ current Hall of Fame leader. UNC announced Thursday that the playing surface inside […]

Brett Davis—USA Today Sports
Article

UNC self-reports secondary NCAA violations involving sale of athletic gear

July 18, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — It hasn’t been a good day for the North Carolina football program. Only hours after coach Larry Fedora caused a stir at the ACC’s annual preseason media event with some controversial comments about […]

Article

Silent Sam vandalized with blood, red paint

April 30, 2018 North State Journal Staff

Chapel Hill – A woman says she used her own blood and red paint when she defaced the Silent Sam confederate statue on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.  UNC grad student Maya Little was arrested for defacing […]

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UNC gives AD Cunningham six-year contract extension

November 17, 2017 Brett Friedlander

Bubba Cunningham successfully steered North Carolina’s scandal-ridden athletic department through a prolonged NCAA investigation while at the same time overseeing a period of facility expansion and competitive success. Friday, he was rewarded with a new […]

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Sports

UNC escapes penalties in surprise decision by NCAA

October 13, 2017 Brett Friedlander

North Carolina raised its latest basketball championship banner to the rafters of the Smith Center at its annual Late Night With Roy event Friday night. That’s not all the Tar Heels and their fans had […]

Christine T. Nguyen—North State Journal
College Basketball

UNC awaits final verdict after pleading its case before NCAA

August 17, 2017 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina officials spent approximately 15 hours over the past two days pleading their case before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions in Nashville. Now all they can do is wait for a […]

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