| Name: | Phil Ford | | Hometown: | Rocky Mount, NC | | High School: | Rocky Mount | | Born: | February 9, 1956 (62) | | Height/Weight: | 6-2, 171 | | Position: | Guard | | Notes: | UNC Retired Jersey No. 12; 2x First-Team All-American; 1978 ACC POY; 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist; |
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UNC great Phil Ford tries wheelchair basketball for a good causeUNC legend Phil Ford hasn't run up and down a basketball court in years. He did, however, try wheelchair basketball for the first time in...
Monday August 27, 2018
Chansky’s Notebook: Phil Ford, Joel Berry Equally ToughJoel Berry wasn’t quite the scorer or assist man to equal Phil Ford, but he was just as ferocious a competitor, perhaps more so. Ford...
Wednesday July 11, 2018
UNC Basketball's Top 100 Players: 21-30
30. Marcus Paige (2013-17) Paige and Phil Ford are the only two Tar Heels to have at least 1,800 career points and 600 career...
Wednesday June 27, 2018
Audio: Shaun Draughn: UNC football standout hosting 2nd Celebrity Bowling Fundraiser on June 2
Shaun Draughn, a former standout running back at UNC and current NFL free agent who has played for the Redskins, Giants and 49ers, discusses the...
Thursday May 24, 2018
Phil Ford Undergoes Surgery for Prostate Cancer
Phil Ford, North Carolina's legendary former point guard and assistant coach, underwent surgery Tuesday (May 22) for prostate cancer. Ford was recently diagnosed as a...
Wednesday May 23, 2018
ACC Barnstorming Tour Brings a Big Crowd to Watauga High School
The team of varsity boys and girls players, as well as coaches and even the school principal suited up for the game to take on...
Thursday May 3, 2018
An Afternoon with Phil Ford
It has been 40 years since Phil Ford ran the legendary Four Corners offense for Dean Smith, but Ford remains perhaps the most popular athlete...
Thursday May 3, 2018
Phil Ford to Serve as Keynote Speaker at ACC Postgraduate LuncheonUNC and ACC basketball legend Phil Ford will be the keynote speaker at the annual ACC Postgraduate Luncheon presented by ESPN and hosted by the...
Wednesday April 4, 2018
Aggies look to overcome North Carolina mystique in second-round matchup
North Carolina’s lineage and history are as rich as any college basketball program in the country. Michael Jordan is among the Tar Heels decedents. So...
Sunday March 18, 2018
Phil Ford and Roy Williams Honor Woody Durham
Phil Ford: When I think of Woody Durham, the Voice of the Tar Heels, so many memories flash though my mind. For UNC fans...
Wednesday March 7, 2018