UNC Business & Administration

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Business & Administration.

Josh Borfitz Named Senior Associate AD/CFO Of Carolina Athletics

Josh Borfitz, Carolina Athletics' Associate Athletic Director/Controller since 2017, has been promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director/Chief Financial Officer. He will transition to his new role over the next month as Senior Associate AD/CFO Martina Ballen, who's worked in the UNC Athletics Business Office the last 38 years, retires at the end of January. (GoHeels.com)

Chansky’s Notebook: Save the Smith Center!

A skirmish has begun over the Dean Smith Center moving off campus to the old Chapel Hill Airport site on MLK Boulevard. Though no official announcement has been made, it sure looks like Chancellor (and Duke graduate) Lee Roberts is leaning in that direction, although he says he is still open to another option whether his bosses in Raleigh will let him. (Chapelboro.com)

Video: IC Podcast - UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts Two Years In

Chancellor Lee Roberts has been on the job at UNC for nearly two years and in that time, the landscape of college athletics has changed dramatically. Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss the past two years of Roberts’s tenure, the decisions made and the decisions ahead. (View Video)

Top Stories of 2025: Changes at the UNC Athletic Department

On July 1, UNC Athletics Directory Bubba Cunningham announced he will be transitioning to a new role with the university in the summer of 2026, one which will see him work closely with UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts. At the same time, the school announced the hiring of Steve Newmark to essentially serve as Cunningham’s athletic director-in-waiting. (Chapelboro.com)

Carolina Insider Podcast: UNC vs. Georgetown recap, CFP Bracket, Rams Club Director Seth Reeves

UNC Basketball put together one of its better performances of the season to-date defeating a solid Georgetown team, 81-61 (3:19). The CFP Bracket has been announced and it could lead to some big changes in college football (17:06). Plus, Seth Reeves, the new Executive Director of the Rams Club, joins (36:19). (Listen To Podcast)

UNC goes all in on interlocking NC, but Belichick has a different favorite logo

It’s out with the Old Well logo and in, or back in, with the interlocking "NC" in Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina announced it has adopted the interlocking NC logo, which was used in the 1800s and has been a hallmark of its athletics programs, as the university’s identity for academics. Bill Belichick has been wearing the stairstep UNC logo. (WRAL.com)

Martina Ballen To Retire After 38 Trailblazing Years In Carolina Athletics

North Carolina Senior Associate AD/Chief Financial Officer Martina Ballen is retiring after a groundbreaking 38-year career. The first African-American administrator in Carolina Athletics history, Ballen has supported 44 Tar Heel national championships and managed a budget that has grown from $16 million to more than $180 million during her tenure. (GoHeels.com)

Marcus Ginyard Named UNC Director Of Special Projects

Former UNC forward Marcus Ginyard was recently named Director of Special Projects at UNC, a role supporting leadership in the Offices of Public Affairs and Finance and Operations. In this position, Ginyard provides high-level operational and strategic support to the Chancellor, Chief Strategic Officer, and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations. (GoHeels.com)

In-Depth With Bubba Cunningham and Steve Newmark

North Carolina Director of Athletics, Bubba Cunningham, and Executive Associate Athletic Director, Steve Newmark, discuss UNC athletics, why Newmark was the right man to replace Cunningham, his vision for Carolina athletics, budgets for a program with 28 sports, Hubert Davis and UNC Basketball, the future of the Smith Center, and much more. (TarHeel247)

Chansky’s Notebook: Overspending

UNC’s Board of Trustees has gone from one spendthrift to another. The university has never revealed exactly how Bill Belichick was hired and who negotiated his exorbitant contract that right now looks like it might be a waste of money. Former Board of Trustees chair John Preyer was among the first at UNC to be contacted in a string of phone calls. (Chapelboro.com)

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