"Chancellor Hooker Inauguration", October 12, 1995
UNC athletic director John Swofford at the inauguration of Michael Hooker as chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill on 12 October 1995. Hugh Morton shot it on 35 mm color negative film.
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John Swofford
John Swofford played quarterback and defensive back for UNC from 1969 to 1971 and was named the university's athletics director at 31, holding the job from 1980 to 1997. Carolina won the Sears Directors' Cup in 1994, and in 1997 he became commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Source: Atlantic Coast Conference: John Swofford staff biography
1948– as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Woody Durham, Charlie Justice, and others at unknown event
Woody Durham, John Swofford, Charlie Justice and Dick Baddour, left to right, gathered for an event in the UNC-Chapel Hill Alumni Center, about the late 1990s or early 2000s. Color print by Hugh Morton.
John Swofford
UNC athletic director John Swofford at a press conference for WCHL 1360, the Chapel Hill radio station, sometime between 1988 and 1994. 35 mm black-and-white negative by Hugh Morton.
John Swofford & Mack Brown
Press conference for the Chapel Hill radio station WCHL 1360, 1988 to 1994, with an unidentified man, UNC athletic director John Swofford and head football coach Mack Brown, left to right. Hugh Morton, 35 mm black-and-white film.
Woody Durham Roast, January 25, 1986
Former UNC football star Charlie Justice, broadcaster Woody Durham and UNC athletics director John Swofford at the Roast and Toast of 25 January 1986 in Durham's honor, a benefit for Orange County Volunteers for Youth. Swofford served as honorary chairman and Justice as one of the roasters. Photograph by Hugh Morton.
George Stirnweiss recognition, UNC v. Clemson football game
Ceremony at Kenan Memorial Stadium on 9 November 1985, during UNC's game with Clemson, honoring former UNC baseball and football player George 'Snuffy' Stirnweiss, with his family accepting. UNC athletic director John Swofford stands at far left beside Clyde King, with Ernie Williamson next to King. Hugh Morton, 35 mm film.
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Department of Athletics of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1919-1997, 2000 (Bulk 1919-1997)
Departmental records of athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, running from 1919 to 1997 with some material from 2000, about 88,000 items across 92.5 linear feet in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40093. Topics include baseball, basketball, football, tennis, track and field and wrestling, along with Title IX and the athletic directors Robert Fetzer and John Swofford. Includes photographs.
Swofford, John: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)
John Swofford in three undated photographs: presenting a jersey to a UNC athlete, possibly named Strickland, a formal portrait, and an informal shot of him talking with two men. From the Chapel Hill Historical Society's UNC Faculty and Administration binder.
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- John Swofford is named UNC athletics director Swofford, a former Tar Heel quarterback and defensive back, was named athletics director at 31 and held the post for 17 years, until he became ACC commissioner in 1997.Search the index · Atlantic Coast Conference: John Swofford staff biography
- UNC wins the Sears Directors' Cup Carolina won the Sears Directors' Cup for its all-sports record under athletics director John Swofford, the only ACC program to win the award.Search the index · Atlantic Coast Conference: John Swofford staff biography
- 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 SwoffordSearch the index · University of North Carolina Athletics: Jenny Levy, Women's Lacrosse Coach
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- Durham County Library (opens in a new tab) Public library next door in Durham
- UNC Libraries (opens in a new tab) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Duke Libraries (opens in a new tab) Duke University, Durham
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