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If you are one of those people who put a lot of stock in the new AD “winning the press conference” then you won’t be disappointed here. It wasn’t an epic event or anything but new UNC AD Bubba Cunningham hit all his marks and looks ready to hit the ground running when he officially [...] Continue reading Highlights From Bubba’s Press Conference Lost in the din of the announcement of Bubba Cunningham as UNC’s new AD, Late Night with Roy and the opening of hoops season, and a big ACC game with Miami this weekend is this territorial tug-of-war between the NCAA and the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office (from the AP via ESPN): The North [...] Continue reading NCAA and Elaine Marshall Are Not Playing Nicely in the Subpoena Sandbox Via WRAL. At an emergency Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning, a motion to approve Cunningham passed unanimously. The terms of his deal that run through June 2017, are a $525,000 base salary, $40,000 in expenses and bonuses based on football performance, men’s and women’s basketball performance and APR scores. Cunningham will replace Dick Baddour, [...] Continue reading Bubba Cunningham Named UNC Athletic Director Photo Credit: Jim Hawkins UNC held its media day on Thursday signaling that basketball season has indeed arrived. Inside Carolina has you best rundown of quotes from Roy Williams and multiple players. Per Dean Smith’s original rule, the freshmen were not available to speak with the media and will not be until November 11th [...] Continue reading UNC Media Day Notes No, they are not firing Holden Thorp so put your pants back on. Via WRAL: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees have called an emergency meeting via conference call Friday morning at 9 a.m. The call is “to discuss a personnel matter” according to a press release distributed Thursday afternoon. [...] Continue reading UNC Schedules Emergency BOT Meeting & 11 AM Presser Tar Heel Fan on October 13th, 2011 |  Comments are closed UNC has announced contract extensions for men’s basketball coach Roy Williams, women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and baseball coach Mike Fox to 2018. UNC’s official site has the full details. The basics are Fox will see a steady increase in salary from $180,000 to $260,000 in 2015. Hatchell makes a base income of $360,000 with [...] Continue reading UNC Extends Contracts for Roy, Hatchell & Fox to 2018 Considering the circumstances in which this season began with the firing of a head coach and tons of uncertainty, to sit here at the halfway point and have a legitimate discussion about nine regular season wins is a great position to be in. The problem is, the last half of UNC’s schedule is easily the [...] Continue reading Projecting The Rest Of The Season Greg Barnes at Inside Carolina is reporting that Tulsa AD Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham is in Chapel Hill to meet with UNC officials. The University of North Carolina is in the final stages of hiring Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham as its new athletic director, ending a nearly seven-week search to replace Dick Baddour. A source with intimate [...] Continue reading IC: Bubba Is In Town We have reached the mid-point of the 2011 season with the Tar Heels sitting just about as pretty as one could ask for after six games. And yet, Carolina’s 5-1 start has elicited little more than a collective yawn from both the media and the fan base, if UNC’s lack of appearance in the top [...] Continue reading 2011 Football Midterm Report Card Uniform changes. The most traumatic event in the life of a sports fan short of actually losing games. [...] Continue reading UNC Reveals New Basketball Uniforms The vexing question is did they say “pretty please”? [...] Continue reading Media Would Like to See Butch Davis’ 216 Phone Records |
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