So much can change in a year. Last summer, Larry Fedora and UNC were struggling on the recruiting trail. NC State was on an impressive hot streak, seemingly landing every in-state prospect that coach Dave […]
Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]
CHAPEL HILL — Tap tap tap. Chazz Surratt clearly doesn’t want to be talking about this again. As the media crowds around him at UNC preseason camp, he stares straight ahead, rocking back and forth, […]
CHARLOTTE — Before Mack Brown could start thinking about winning football games in his return to North Carolina, the new/old Tar Heels coach first had to win over his players. The process began the moment […]
CHARLOTTE — There could be a much higher energy level at college football games in North Carolina this year, regardless of what’s going on down on the field. Credit for that can go to H.B. […]
CHARLOTTE — Mack Brown will be the one putting together scouting reports for the North Carolina football team this season. But when it comes to giving the Tar Heels a scouting report on what to […]
The thing about spring football games is that regardless of the scoring system that’s used, nobody ever loses and everybody walks away saying that they accomplished everything they set out to do. The goals, of […]
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
National signing day isn’t the big deal it once was, thanks to the addition of a new early signing period in December. But it still holds plenty of importance to the young players making their […]
Back in 1997, Mack Brown helped design the new coach’s office at North Carolina’s Kenan Football Center. He provided all the personal touches, including a fish tank provided by his wife, Sally. By the time […]
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