Mack Brown News Archive

Audio: Q&A with UNC Senior Associate AD Rick Steinbacher
Earlier this week I got a chance to chat with Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Communications Rick Steinbacher. Steinbacher was an All-ACC linebacker under...
Friday June 30, 2017

Mack Brown On 2018 College Football HOF Ballot
The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced Thursday that former UNC head coach Mack Brown is among six FBS coaches on...
Thursday June 1, 2017

Mack Brown hasn’t ruled out a return to coaching
It’s been over three years since Texas and Mack Brown finalized their divorce. He hasn’t exactly strayed from the game since his final defeat in...
Thursday June 1, 2017

UNC’s key to football success is keeping Larry Fedora happy
At 40-25, Larry Fedora holds the second-highest win percentage (.615) of any Tar Heel coach in the ACC era (dating to 1953). Coaches trailing him...
Sunday May 28, 2017

Dre Bly To Enter Virginia Hall of Fame
Former Tar Heel All-America cornerback Dré Bly will be inducted into his home state of Virginia's Sports Hall of Fame April 29. Bly, who was...
Wednesday March 22, 2017

Uber driver unknowingly trashed Mack Brown's coaching skills in front of Mack Brown
One of the more fun things about this college football season has been the working bromance of ESPN’s Adam Amin and Mack Brown. They share...
Friday January 6, 2017

UNC Alum, WSSU Head Coach Kienus Boulware Given Contract Extension
Winston-Salem State University officials rewarded head football coach, Kienus Boulware, with a contract extension through 2020. Boulware played two seasons (1993-94) as a linebacker at...
Tuesday December 13, 2016

Extra Points: Imperfect Storm
The loss to State and the one two weeks ago to Duke marks the first time since 2003 the Tar Heels have lost to their...
Sunday November 27, 2016

Extra Points: Whistle To Microphone
Mack Brown has learned to navigate the waters of the broadcast booth quite well and on Friday will bring those coach-turned-broadcaster skills to Chapel Hill...
Wednesday November 23, 2016

Former App State player, UNC coach Everett Withers bringing Texas State to Boone
Texas State coach Everett Withers is attempting to rebuild a program that’s 2-5 heading into a weekend visit to ASU. Withers is in his 29th...
Tuesday November 1, 2016

Toledo-BYU lasts so long TV analyst Mack Brown walks out
BYU and Toledo played one of the most thrilling college football games of the season Friday night. It was so long that TV analyst Mack...
Saturday October 1, 2016

North Carolina Football Team Trivia Across All Divisions
From 1988-1997, when Coach Mack Brown reigned over Carolina football, interest in the Tar Heel football program skyrocketed. Games at Kenan Memorial Stadium were almost...
Wednesday September 21, 2016

What we learned about the ACC in Week 1
What did we learn from week one about UNC? Penalties and poise cost the Tar Heels a chance at an historic victory over Georgia. The...
Tuesday September 6, 2016

Top College Football Coaches Ever: No. 48 Mack Brown
48. Mack Brown While his career started off slowly, Brown had three 10-win seasons at North Carolina -- after he left, it took 18 years...
Friday August 12, 2016

Video: Football Flashback - Mick Mixon follows the big boys to the buffet
From the Mack Brown coach's show in 1993, former Tar Heel broadcaster Mick Mixon joins UNC football players Shawn Hocker, Rick Steinbacher, Ethan Albright, and...
Thursday May 26, 2016

Ten years after Texas' title, Mack Brown's championship speech resonates
What Mack Brown remembers for sure is that it wasn’t planned. A coach doesn’t prepare victory speeches before playing an opponent hailed as one of...
Monday January 4, 2016

Larry Fedora Named Coach Of The Year Finalist
The American Heart Association (AHA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award. Nominees for the...
Wednesday December 16, 2015

Time for UNC to Pay Larry Fedora (and His Staff)
Larry Fedora is one of only four coaches in UNC history to get a Tar Heel team to 11 wins in a season. The last...
Thursday December 3, 2015

Tar Heels offense: From a cloud of dust to the fast break
Imagine the culture shock if you were a Tar Heels fan who had not seen a game since the days of Bill Dooley, Dick Crum,...
Thursday November 19, 2015

No. 21 Tar Heels leading Coastal Division entering November
For once, North Carolina isn't trying to dig out of an early hole in the ACC standings. Instead, the No. 21 Tar Heels are back...
Monday November 2, 2015