UNC AD Bubba Cunningham says UNC is moving forward Posted Jul 15, 2014 Things just have not gotten easier for North Carolina and Bubba Cunningham, the school’s athletics director. UNC spent another year dealing with off-field issues, from the eligibility of a top basketball player to a long-running academics scandal and now a reopened NCAA investigation. The Tar Heels also failed to win an ACC championship in any sport for the first time. (Winston-Salem Journal)