Podcast: Authoring the Complete History of Carolina Basketball

Posted Oct 24, 2021
“The Tar Heels” is the first and only book that tells the complete story of the Tar Heel basketball program beginning in 1911. How did a coach from Kansas named Dean Smith end up coaching at UNC? Why did Frank McGuire leave? How did Bones McKinney play basketball for NC State and UNC? These and many other stories are included in “The Tar Heels.” (Inside Carolina)

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