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Bubba Cunningham

'Protect your legacy': UNC women's soccer head coach Anson Dorrance retires

By Emma Moon | August 18

On Sunday, Dorrance announced his retirement from UNC. Dorrance reflected on his years as head coach and small ways his coaching style changed leading ...

UNC athletes raise mental health awareness, discuss struggles

By Erin Singleton | May 30

Carolina Athletics announces first group licensing program for UNC athletes

By Lucas Thomae | July 21

Bubba Cunningham prepares for "new era" as Supreme Court rules against NCAA

By Lucas Thomae | June 22

Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham is the director of athletics at UNC. He is the seventh athletic director in UNC’s history. He was introduced by former Chancellor Holden Thorp in October 2011. Before coming to UNC, Cunningham worked in the athletic department of Ball State, Notre Dame and Tulsa.

During his time at UNC, Cunningham has worked with the Disney Institute to help identify new best practices in the athletic department. In 2013, he launched the Student-Athlete Initiative Working Group with Provost James Dean to help give academic support to student-athletes. He has also commissioned a review by an outside firm looking for ways to improve UNC’s athletic facilities.

UNC head football coach Larry Fedora will not be retained, no replacement yet named

By Jack Frederick | November 25

Larry Fedora's seventh year as the UNC head football coach is also his last, the University announced on Sunday. The announcement came just after a loss ...

Professor Jay Smith taught a class about athletes' rights, but it was later cancelled.

Emails show Jay Smith and big-time sports course faced resistance from athletics

By Aaron Redus | April 28

After a faculty call for academic freedom brought more attention to the cancellation of history professor Jay Smith’s big-time college sports class, ...

For 18 years, UNC's academic improprieties went unnoticed by the NCAA.

An agency's oversight: How NCAA enforcement policies failed to catch scandal at UNC

By Colleen Moir , Sara Salinas and Logan Ulrich | April 24

One day, someone will tally up all the mail that comes into the NCAA office in Indianapolis and discover it circles the globe twice — or some other ...

Kenan Stadium will not be switching to a turf field but will instead keep the current grass surface.

Kenan Stadium will keep grass over artificial turf, UNC officials decide

By Cole del Charco | December 1

Kenan Stadium will stick with grass, after all.

The Faculty Athletic Committee spoke about exit surveys and interviews that student athletes partake in a meeting on Tuesday.

Faculty Athletics Committee reviews student-athlete surveys, academic advising

By Celia McRae | November 9

The Faculty Athletics Committee met Tuesday to discuss student-athlete exit interviews and surveys, pending NCAA legislation and student-athlete academic ...

Letter: Come out to the last home football game

November 9

TO THE EDITOR: Tar Heel Nation: Thank you for the tremendous enthusiasm and support you provided during the game against Duke. Your passion for the team ...

UNC-system president search leaves public in the dark

By Caroline Lamb and Hayley Fowler | September 18

Tucked in a room belonging to an analytics and software company in Cary, the UNC-system presidential search committee met in closed session this week. ...

Q&A with former UNC football coach Mack Brown

By Pat James | August 16

Before serving as the head football coach at Texas for 16 seasons, Mack Brown held the same position at North Carolina for 10 years.

Two new potential infractions stall UNC's response to NCAA

By Jane Wester and Pat James | August 14

The University has uncovered two new pieces of information could potentially require further review from the NCAA.

NOA response focus of Faculty Athletics Committee

By Bradley Saacks | August 13

Bubba Cunningham had to think about every single word of his presentation to the Faculty Athletics Committee Thursday.

Officials eye mandatory redshirt

By David Doochin | March 20

Marlon Petty is OK taking a year off from the sport he loves if it means he’ll have a smoother transition into college.

Experts weigh in on potential sanctions for UNC from NCAA investigation

By C Jackson Cowart | January 28

Nearly 100 days have passed since the release of the Wainstein report, and UNC still appears far from reaching the closure that it seeks.

NCAA approves student-athlete support

By David Doochin | January 21

UNC was one of 65 schools that voted to pass legislation on Saturday to better financially support student-athletes across the country with an increased ...

Gene Chizik, who previously worked as UNC's defensive coordinator and coached at Texas under Mack Brown, is returning to the position next season.

Gene Chizik possible next defensive coordinator

By Pat James | January 6

During the 2014 football season, the North Carolina defense was torched week in and week out — finishing the season ranked No. 117 in total defense ...

UNC athletes haven't unionized despite ruling

By Karishma Patel | October 14

UNC-system scholarship athletes have denied the invitation to sign up.

Working group talks athletic department's interactions with Honor Court

By Sarah Headley | September 30

Less than a month after four football players were sent to the student attorney general for being accused of assaulting redshirt freshman wide receiver ...