UNC free of NCAA issues for 1st time under AD Cunningham Posted Jul 17, 2018 UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham has spent nearly his entire tenure dealing with NCAA issues, from arriving amid a football investigation to dealing with offshoot academic trouble. Now, those long-running NCAA issues are resolved, freeing Cunningham to focus on improving on-field performance or a facility project costing more than $100 million. (Associated Press)