Tar Heels look to fill gaps, leadership roles

Posted Aug 4, 2011
North Carolina football players will gather together today for the first time since it was announced that Coach Butch Davis was fired a week ago. It's been a rocky week for the Tar Heels, as Davis' dismissal was announced unexpectedly after more than a year of an NCAA investigation hanging over the program and defensive coordinator Everett Withers was elevated to be the interim coach. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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