Player To Coach To UNC Graduate: Why Omar Holness Came Back

Posted Dec 20, 2022
Several factors brought Omar Holness from his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, to UNC: athletic excellence, academic prestige, and the ability to earn a degree from a world-renowned university. Seven years after leaving, those same reasons brought him back. Once he stepped foot on campus, the rest was history. Holness quickly made a name for himself. (GoHeels.com)

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