Phil Ford News & Bio

Name: Phil Ford Hometown: Rocky Mount, NC High School: Rocky Mount Born: February 9, 1956 (65) 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;

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

Phil Ford, the pure point guard
Phil Ford is regarded as arguably the greatest point guard to ever play for UNC. Ford was the ACC Tournament MVP as a freshman in...
Thu Jun 11, 2020

Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 19 - 1975-76
A team with four gold-medal winning Olympians has to be pretty good, right? That was the case for the 1975-76 Tar Heels. Dean Smith was...
Thu Jun 11, 2020

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