Phil Ford Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Phil Ford | | Hometown: | Rocky Mount, NC | | High School: | Rocky Mount | | Born: | February 9, 1956 (69) | | Height/Weight: | 6-2, 171 | | Position: | Guard | | Notes: | UNC Basketball Retired Jersey No. 12; 2x All-American; 1978 ACC POY; 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist | | Related: | John Kuester | Steve Krafcisin | Dudley Bradley | Randy Wiel |
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Tyler Hansbrough Lists His Top UNC Players & Chapel Hill RestaurantsThere are two things Chapel Hill is known for: great basketball and good food. When asked by the Pittsboro Rotary to name his top-five in...
Sun Sep 6, 2020
ACC Network picks UNC Basketball's ultimate Starting FiveWes Durham, who got first pick and chose the Tar Heels, explained his selections for UNC. "I know there’s no James Worthy, but I’ve got...
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Top five seasons from a UNC point guard this century
If there's one thing UNC basketball isn't short on, historically speaking, it's point guards. Phil Ford. Kenny Smith. Ed Cota. All grace Tar Heel lore,...
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 9 - 1976-77
In the interesting list of "What Ifs" in UNC sports history, sitting at the top might be the 1977 national championship game. UNC's 1976-77 team...
Tue Jun 23, 2020
100 in 100: Nash County’s Phil Ford, all-time Tar Heel
Phil Ford was a three-time consensus All-American who won the Wooden Award as the national Player of the Year in 1978. He led UNC to...
Mon Jun 15, 2020