'Life after football': How UNC football players are honing their off-field talents

Posted Aug 30, 2019
Under Larry Fedora, North Carolina football players were always free to express themselves. But Allen Cater said new head coach Mack Brown and his staff have further encouraged and emphasized their players’ off-field interests — a practice that lines up with Brown’s adage that committing to UNC is a 40-year decision, rather than a four-year decision. (Daily Tar Heel)

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