Tar Heels Football

When North Carolina hosts Clemson this weekend in Chapel Hill, the Heels will have the services of one more defensive starter. Deunta Williams, an expected returning starter at the beginning of the…

It’s already clear that Butch Davis, the big-name coach with the strong pro background, has, whether by design or happenstance, navigated the Tar Heels onto unfamiliar, unwelcome, damaging shoals….

I thinking about Butch Davis and John Blake, it occurred to me that their friendship may actually be the reason why Davis didn’t know about Blake’s side dealings with Gary Wichard. (Bear in mind, I’m…

“As I made reference on Monday at our post-game press conference, Clemson’s probably the most talented and most complete football team that we’ve played against this entire season. When you watch…

As Director of Athletics, I hired Butch Davis to lead our football program because he was an outstanding coach who shared the core values that we try to uphold at the University of North Carolina….

Chancellor Holden Thorp’s defense of UNC football coach Butch Davis last week looked like running the ball up the middle on fourth-and-20.. Davis has led the football program into dangerous…

North Carolina coach Butch Davis lashed out at former associate head coach John Blake today saying he was sorry that he trusted Blake and that he would have fired him if he had known about Blake’s…

UNC senior defensive tackle Greg Elleby suffered a torn ACL against ECU on Saturday and is done for the season, according to UNC head coach Butch Davis. “Greg Elleby, in the course of the game,…

Are the Tar Heels trending forward? Answer: No doubt, at least on the field. For all that has happened off the field and in the news, credit coach Butch Davis and his staff, the senior leaders and…

Butch Davis should resign as UNC’s football coach. If that doesn’t happen — and soon — the school needs to dismiss Davis. In view of the ongoing and seemingly endless series of investigations into…

North Carolina football coach Butch Davis said he expects “to be the head football coach here currently, and in the future.” Asked Thursday if it was in the best interest of the school for him to…

More than two dozen members of the media met with North Carolina football coach Butch Davis at Navy Field on Thursday prior to his team’s practice to discuss more revelations in what is now…

As far as Butch Davis is concerned, he has no plans on resigning his post. The Tar Heels head coach intends on being part of the solution to the mess that is currently sabotaging the school’s…

Butch Davis said Thursday he isn’t resigning. And UNC chancellor Holden Thorp said he isn’t firing the head football coach, either. Davis, the chancellor and athletic director Dick Baddour all agreed…

“Well, obviously anytime you play an in-state football team, it’s a big game. Significantly, the question people always ask is, How many of your kids know the other kids? I think that’s kind of part…