Chancellor backs Butch Davis, Dick Baddour at UNC Board of Trustees meeting
Posted Nov 18, 2010
UNC chancellor Holden Thorp endorsed coach Butch Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour this morning in a meeting of the school’s board of trustees. “We have found no information that Coach Davis was involved in any of the problems that have surfaced, and I know he feels a lot of responsibility for what has happened,” Thorp said.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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