Chansky’s Notebook: UNC's Nightmare Football Season Over Posted Nov 27, 2017 Perhaps the longest fall in Carolina football history has come to a merciful end. The Tar Heels have had bad seasons before, most of them to begin what turned out to successful coaching reigns of Bill Dooley and Mack Brown or the start of troubled tenures for other UNC coaches. The season that ended with Saturday’s loss at N.C. State must be considered an aberration. (Chapelboro.com)