Chronology

Charlie Justice chooses Carolina and begins four seasons at Chapel Hill

Justice was one of the most sought after players in the country after playing for the Bainbridge Navy team, and he chose Chapel Hill over South Carolina and Duke. He played tailback for Carl Snavely from 1946 to 1949, gaining 170 yards on 17 carries against Virginia in his freshman season.

People: Carl Snavely

Charlie Justice receives UNC's Patterson Medal

UNC placed Justice in the 1950 class of Patterson Medal winners, the university's award for its leading athlete. He had been Walter Camp National Player of the Year in 1948 and Heisman Trophy runner-up in 1948 and 1949.

Bill Dooley becomes Carolina's head football coach

Dooley, 33, came to Chapel Hill from the University of Georgia, where he had been chief offensive assistant to his brother Vince. He coached the Tar Heels for eleven seasons through 1977, the longest tenure of any UNC head football coach, with a record of 69-53-2.

John Bunting co-captains Carolina's ACC championship football team

Linebacker John Bunting was co-captain, with quarterback Paul Miller, of the 1971 Tar Heels, who went 9-3 and won the Atlantic Coast Conference title. He was named first-team All-ACC and the team's defensive MVP.

People: Bill Dooley

Dooley's Tar Heels go 11-1 and win a second straight ACC title

Bill Dooley's 1972 team set the school record for wins in a season, going 11-1, repeated as Atlantic Coast Conference champion and played in the Sun Bowl. Ron Rusnak was a first-team All-America, and the team finished 12th in the AP poll.

Dooley wins a third ACC title, then leaves for Virginia Tech

Carolina won the 1977 Atlantic Coast Conference title, Dooley's third, finished 17th in the AP poll and played in the Liberty Bowl, with Dee Hardison a first-team All-America. In 1978 Dooley left to become head coach and athletic director at Virginia Tech.

UNC hires Willie Scroggs to coach men's lacrosse

Athletic director Bill Cobey recruited Scroggs, the top assistant at Johns Hopkins, to build the Tar Heel program. His teams went 120 and 37 over 12 seasons and reached the NCAA tournament every year from 1980 through 1990.

Karen Shelton becomes head coach of UNC field hockey

Shelton took over the Tar Heel program in 1981, after finishing at West Chester State in 1979 and spending a year as an assistant coach at Franklin and Marshall. She coached at Chapel Hill for 42 seasons and had 40 winning ones.

Michael Jordan plays his Carolina career in Carmichael Auditorium

Jordan played all three of his Carolina seasons in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill and scored in double figures in 90 of his 101 games for UNC. He was Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and National Player of the Year in 1984.

People: Dean Smith

Subject: Carmichael Auditorium (Carmichael Arena)

Willie Scroggs leaves coaching for athletics administration at UNC

Scroggs retired from coaching at the end of the 1990 season to become associate athletic director for game operations and outdoor facilities, a job that grew into responsibility for athletics construction and operations on campus.

UNC hires Jenny Levy to start its women's lacrosse program

Carolina added women's lacrosse as a varsity sport and in October 1994 named Levy, then an assistant coach at Georgetown, its first head coach. She is still the only head coach the program has had.

People: John Swofford

Mike Fox is named UNC head baseball coach

Athletic director Dick Baddour hired Fox, a former Tar Heel second baseman, as the 24th head coach in UNC baseball history. He came from 15 seasons at N.C. Wesleyan College and took over before the 1999 season.

People: Dick Baddour

Doherty's first Carolina team shares the ACC regular-season title

In Matt Doherty's first season the Tar Heels won 26 games, were ranked No. 1 late in the regular season and shared the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title with a 13-3 league record. The Associated Press named him national coach of the year.

Matt Doherty is named head coach of UNC men's basketball

Doherty, who had played at Carolina under Dean Smith from 1980 to 1984, was named the school's 17th head basketball coach after one season as head coach at Notre Dame. He succeeded Bill Guthridge.

Carolina's men's basketball team goes 8-20 in Doherty's second season

In Matt Doherty's second season the Tar Heels finished 8-20.

Bunting's Tar Heels beat sixth-ranked Florida State 41-9 at home

In Carolina's 2001 home opener, moved after the September 11 attacks postponed the SMU game, Bunting's team beat Bobby Bowden's Florida State 41-9 for his first win as head coach.

Subject: Kenan Stadium

Matt Doherty resigns as Carolina's men's basketball coach

Doherty resigned after three seasons, following meetings that athletic director Dick Baddour and Dean of Students Melissa Exum held with his players after the season. Chancellor James Moeser said the issue was leadership, not wins and losses.

People: James Moeser · Dick Baddour

UNC dedicates the William E. Scroggs locker room at Kenan Stadium

Lacrosse alumni and the Educational Foundation paid to refurbish the men's lacrosse locker room at the old Kenan Field House, and it was dedicated in Scroggs's name before lacrosse alumni and fans.

Subject: Kenan Stadium

UNC hosts its first NCAA baseball regional at Boshamer Stadium since

Mike Fox's Tar Heels swept three games at the regional in Chapel Hill, then won the super regional at Alabama and went on to finish second at the College World Series.

UNC closes the original Boshamer Stadium with a super regional win

The Tar Heels beat South Carolina in an NCAA super regional at Boshamer Stadium, the last postseason games in the 1972 stadium, and advanced to the College World Series for the second straight year.

Rebuilt Boshamer Stadium opens on Ridge Road

UNC opened its $26 million rebuilt baseball stadium, on the footprint of the old Boshamer, with a home opener against VMI before about 2,800 fans. Work began in October 2007, and the field was named Bryson Field.

Karen Shelton receives UNC's C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award

The university gave Shelton its C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award for her long service to Carolina. She had been inducted into the campus honor society the Order of the Golden Fleece in March 2002.

Bubba Cunningham is named UNC's director of athletics

Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham, athletics director at the University of Tulsa, at a press conference in the Dean E. Smith Center, and the trustees approved his six-year contract that morning. He took office on November 14, succeeding Dick Baddour as the seventh athletics director in UNC history.

People: Holden Thorp · Dick Baddour

Mike Fox retires as UNC head baseball coach

Fox retired after 22 seasons leading the Tar Heels, with a 948-406-1 record at UNC and seven College World Series trips. His longtime assistant Scott Forbes was named the program's 25th head coach.

People: Bubba Cunningham

UNC names its athletics media center for Woody Durham

UNC Athletics and the Rams Club named the media and communications center beside the Dean E. Smith Center the Woody Durham Media and Communications Center, with trustee approval, and recognized his family at halftime of the February 16 men's basketball game against Pittsburgh.

People: Bubba Cunningham

Jenny Levy wins her 400th game at Dorrance Field

UNC beat Boston College 16 to 5 at Dorrance Field for Levy's 400th career victory, all of them at Carolina, in her 28th season. She was the sixth head coach in any division of the sport to reach 400 wins.