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Bubba Cunningham

Bubba Cunningham became UNC's director of athletics on November 14, 2011, succeeding Dick Baddour as the seventh athletics director in the university's history. He came from the University of Tulsa, where he had been athletics director since 2005.

Source: UNC Athletics: Tar Heels Appoint Bubba Cunningham As Director of Athletics

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  1. 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 ThorpSearch the index · UNC Athletics: Tar Heels Appoint Bubba Cunningham As Director of Athletics
  2. 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 CunninghamSearch the index · UNC Athletics: Mike Fox retires after 22 seasons as UNC's head baseball coach; Scott Forbes is Carolina's next head coach
  3. 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 CunninghamSearch the index · University of North Carolina Athletics: UNC Names Athletics Media Center To Honor Woody Durham
  4. Karen Shelton announces her retirement as UNC field hockey coach Shelton retired after 42 seasons with a record of 745 wins, 172 losses and 9 ties and 10 NCAA championships, the last won by an unbeaten 2022 team. She is the winningest coach in the sport's history. People: Bubba CunninghamSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Karen Shelton announces retirement after 42 seasons
  5. Erin Matson succeeds Karen Shelton as UNC field hockey coach UNC named Matson, who had graduated a month earlier after playing on four championship teams, the fifth head coach in program history and only the second since the early 1980s. People: Erin Matson, Bubba CunninghamSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Erin Matson named field hockey head coach
  6. Anson Dorrance announces his retirement as UNC women's soccer coach Dorrance told his team he was retiring after 45 seasons with the women's program, days before the season opener; associate head coach Damon Nahas became interim head coach. His women's teams went 934-88-53 and won 21 NCAA titles. People: Bubba CunninghamSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: Anson Dorrance announces retirement from UNC women's soccer after 45 seasons
  7. UNC extends Bubba Cunningham's contract and names his successor as athletics director The university gave Cunningham a two-year extension through July 2029 and announced he would leave the athletics director's post in the summer of 2026 to become senior adviser to the chancellor and athletics director. Racing executive Steve Newmark was hired as executive associate athletic director to succeed him.Search the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Carolina extends Bubba Cunningham's contract, names athletics director successor

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