Video: Meet A New Tar Heel - Air Force Veteran Chris Young

Posted Aug 14, 2018
Growing up as a Tar Heel fan in Raleigh, Chris Young always envisioned himself coming to Carolina as an 18-year-old freshman. But a chance to begin a career as a radio disc jockey right out of a high school and an ensuing 16-year career in the Air Force changed his timeline. Now, as a 39-year-old, Young has made his way to Chapel Hill.

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