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The North Carolina Tar Heels football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the North Carolina Tar Heels football program in various categories. [1] [2] These categories include passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, all-purpose yardage, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game ...
North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team, 1885. The program's first recorded game took place in 1867, when the Tar Heels defeated a Raleigh all-star team, 34-17. Although baseball continued to be played at UNC, there exists a gap in record-keeping during Reconstruction, despite the noted existence of the UNC baseball team.
[3] [4] He received All-ACC honors in 1963 and 1964 and was selected to the College Football All-America second-team in 1964. [ 5 ] He was also a member of the UNC baseball team, where he led the ACC in home runs two times [ 6 ] and is unofficially credited with the longest home run in Tar Heel history at an estimated 525 feet (160 m).
Others at UNC have combined football and baseball. Long-time fans remember versatile Danny Talbott, the 1965 ACC football player of the year and a member of UNC’s 1966 College World Series team.
He was a starting quarterback in football, leading the Tar Heels in passing in 1973 and 1975, and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a starting pitcher in baseball. While playing for the Tar Heels from 1973 to 1976 he compiled a career 1.95 earned run average , which ranks fourth on the all-time list.
On December 11, 2024, the school announced the hiring of six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick to be the next North Carolina football coach. [246] Despite never coaching college football in his nearly 50 year-long coaching career, the 72-year old Belichick is widely regarded as the greatest NFL coach of all-time. [ 247 ]
Jacob Ray “J.R.” Anton first bonded with UNC baseball at the 2006 College World Series in his Omaha hometown. The Heels are back and still honoring him after his death last month.
A tearful transition. North Carolina is back in the College World Series for the 12th time, and for the eighth since 2006. This is the Tar Heels’ first trip back to Omaha, though, since Forbes ...