| Name: | Jim Tatum | | Born: | July 22, 1913 | | Died: | July 23, 1959 | | Notes: | Football, Baseball, Head Football Coach |
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Total Tar Heels: UNC Athletes Excel Outside of CompetitionLuke Maye was honored at the Chancellor's Awards as the winner of the Jim Tatum Memorial Award, which goes to the student-athlete who has performed...
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Luke Maye Wins Jim Tatum AwardLuke Maye, a senior on the UNC men's basketball team, was honored at the 2019 Chancellor's Awards Ceremony as the winner of this year's Jim...
Tuesday May 7, 2019
Mack Brown will be fighting history on second round at North Carolina
Mack Brown is not the first coach to return to a job he once held. He's not even the first coach to return to a...
Wednesday November 28, 2018
UNC Sleeping Giant: Near-Breakthroughs
When a team dubbed a sleeping giant by some has had football success elude them over time, there are always myriad reasons: poor decisions, bad...
Wednesday October 11, 2017
Ralph Strayhorn Jr.: Always on call for his alma mater
A native of Durham, Ralph Strayhorn, Jr. was recruited by UNC assistant football coach Jim Tatum and played three seasons with the Tar Heels before...
Monday June 12, 2017
Top College Football Coaches Ever: No. 80 Carl Snavely, No. 76 Jim Tatum
80. Carl Snavely An expert in the single-wing offense, Snavely had two successful stints at North Carolina but peaked in 1939, when he led Cornell...
Wednesday August 10, 2016
Benton Moss, Sasha Seymore Honored At Chancellor's Awards
Two UNC student-athletes were honored at the 2015 Chancellor’s Awards, held on April 22. The ceremony is the only campus-wide student recognition program at UNC...
Thursday April 30, 2015
Examining the UNC Football Coaching TreeNorth Carolina's contribution to the National Football League has been well documented with the Tar Heels sending literally dozens of players to the professional ranks...
Monday July 16, 2012
Extra Points: Year Three Yearnings
Jim Tatum made above-the-fold headlines by venturing to Los Angeles and nipping Southern Cal in Year Three. Bill Dooley snared a big Clemson win in...
Saturday August 15, 2009
Doc Blanchard more than football hero
Doc Blanchard chose to play football at North Carolina partly because the Tar Heels were coached by his mother's cousin, Jim Tatum. Blanchard played on...
Monday April 20, 2009