UNC fans, supporters question coaching change, seek answers

Posted Aug 16, 2011
In the weeks since UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp unexpectedly fired head football coach Butch Davis, many fans and supporters of the university are still asking ‘why?’ On Tuesday, alumnus E. Vernon F. Glenn became the latest to file a public records request seeking communications between Thorp and the UNC Board of Trustees, President Tom Ross, Director of Athletics Dick Baddour and anyone not employed by the university. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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