UNC chancellor caught off guard by Drew Davis' scholarship offer
Posted Aug 4, 2011
UNC chancellor Holden Thorp said today that he was disappointed that former football coach Butch Davis offered son Drew Davis a football scholarship without consulting with Thorp or UNC athletic director Dick Baddour. Thorp added, once again, that there was no one reason for Davis’ firing July 27, but rather a “collection of problems” as UNC faces NCAA allegations of nine major violations.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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