ACC Football Schedule In Hand Makes Tar Heels Happy

Posted Aug 1, 2020
“The schedule’s exciting,” UNC football coach Mack Brown said Friday. “There’s a different pickup in (the players') step after the schedule was released to us." Brown said UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham and Rick Steinbacher, a former player of his at UNC and current Senior Associate A.D., are working on an 11th opponent for the Tar Heels. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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