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John Bunting

John Bunting, a 1972 graduate of the University of North Carolina, became the university's head football coach in December 2000 and was told in October 2006, his sixth season, that he would not return. His Tar Heels won the Peach Bowl after the 2001 season and beat fifth-ranked Florida State in 2001 and fourth-ranked Miami in 2004.

Source: Chatham Journal: Bunting will not return as UNC head football coach in 2007

1950– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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John Bunting, 1976
John Bunting, 1976

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  1. 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 Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Paul MillerSearch the index · UNC Athletics: The John Bunting File
  2. John Bunting becomes Carolina's head football coach John Bunting, a former Tar Heel linebacker and 1972 UNC graduate, was named head football coach at the University of North Carolina after assistant jobs in the NFL. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Chatham Journal: Bunting will not return as UNC head football coach in 2007
  3. 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. Place: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill · Also named: Bobby BowdenSearch the index · UNC Athletics: Extra Points: Bunting, Ten Years Later
  4. UNC announces John Bunting will not return as football coach Athletic director Dick Baddour told Bunting he would be relieved at the end of his sixth season, and the university announced he would not coach the Tar Heels in 2007. He coached the last five games. People: Dick Baddour Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Chatham Journal: Bunting will not return as UNC head football coach in 2007

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Born & bred : John Bunting takes dead aim on his dream job at Carolina

Pace, Lee · 2001

John Bunting became head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Lee Pace's 2001 book follows that appointment, which the subtitle calls his dream job at Carolina. Published in Chapel Hill. Topics include Bunting, football coaches and the Carolina football program, placing the volume with the university's sports literature rather than with town history.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bunting, John, 1950-.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Football Office records, 1934-2008.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Football Office · 1934

Records of the Football Office at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1934 to 2008, counted at 5,152 items, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40291. Coaches and players represented include Mack Brown, Bill Dooley, Dick Crum, Carl Torbush, John Bunting, Charlie Justice and Lawrence Taylor. The records also concern the university's baseball, basketball and tennis programs. Materials in English.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bunting, John, 1950-.

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  • Kenan Stadium University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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Picture: John Bunting, 1976. Public domain. Photograph by University of North Carolina; UNC Football Blue Book; via Wikimedia Commons

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