UNC Business & Administration

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Business & Administration.

Q&A with University of North Carolina Chancellor Lee Roberts

UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts has embraced the importance of Carolina athletics and the role they play in marketing the university while providing the alumni a unifying bond. In this interview, Roberts explores his view of athletics’ role within the university footprint and his efforts to modernize the athletic department in the time of NIL and revenue sharing. (Inside Carolina)

How a former NASCAR executive with deep Chapel Hill ties plans to move UNC athletics forward

Steve Newmark grew up in Chapel Hill surrounded by North Carolina athletics leaders. He was close with the family of UNC’s former athletics director, Dick Baddour. His parents were friends with legendary basketball coach Dean Smith. Smith’s trusted assistant coach, Bill Guthridge, lived a neighborhood over. Now it is Newmark’s turn to lead the Tar Heels. (WRAL.com)

Q&A with John Preyer of UNC's Board of Trustees

John Preyer graduated from Carolina with a political science degree in 1990 and became a member of the Board of Trustees in 2019. He completed a two-year term as chairman last month. What follows is an edited transcript of a sit-down interview exploring Preyer’s tenure as chairman and his controversial involvement in the hiring of Bill Belichick. (Inside Carolina)

Lee Roberts’ Long Game At UNC

Lee Roberts, who served as UNC's interim chancellor before being named to the post permanently last August, wants to make the country’s oldest public university No. 1 in the nation. He wants to take a business executive’s approach, expanding the school’s real estate footprint, adding more students, and leaning into sports to raise UNC’s national profile. (The Assembly)

Chansky’s Notebook: Subtly Smart

Seth Reeves is the right guy to run the Rams Club. The new executive director of the Educational Foundation is destined to have an easier start than his popular predecessor John Montgomery. While an athletic director doesn’t have to be an alumnus of his school, the chief athletic fundraisers have an advantage if they already know the names and faces. (Chapelboro.com)

Steve Newmark brings NASCAR mindset to UNC athletics, acknowledging it will make some uncomfortable

Steve Newmark grew up in Chapel Hill, rode his father’s shoulders during the 1982 NCAA championship celebration on Franklin Street, and once got permission to skip a college exam to watch the 1993 Final Four with his family. He calls his passion for Carolina sports "an unhealthy obsession," one that has shaped his life from childhood into adulthood. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: Carolina Insider Podcast - Interview with UNC Executive Associate AD Steve Newmark

North Carolina’s new Executive Associate Athletic Director and future Athletic Director, Steve Newmark joins Jones Angell of the Tar Heel Sports Radio Network and Adam Lucas from GoHeels.com in the Carolina Insider Podcast studio. (View Video)

The Rams Club Announces Seth Reeves as New Executive Director

The Rams Club at the University of North Carolina announced Tuesday that Seth Reeves will serve as the organization’s next executive director. Reeves has been with The Rams Club nine years, most recently as its Chief Revenue & Operations Officer. He succeeds John Montgomery, who is retiring at the end of the calendar year after more than 24 years. (Rams Club)

Bubba Cunningham Chats with the media

For someone who is in his last few months as North Carolina's Athletic Director, Bubba Cunningham isn’t keeping quiet. On Wednesday, two more interviews were released. One was done live with 99.9 The Fan’s Adam Gold, and the other was recorded on Tuesday with the Ovies and Giglio Podcast. Both interviews went on without interruption. (Tar Heel Blog)

Video: Carolina Insider - Interview with Chancellor Lee Roberts

University of North Carolina Chancellor Lee Roberts joined Jones Angell and Adam Lucas on the Carolina Insider Podcast this week to discuss UNC, Carolina Athletics, his 500-mile bike ride across the state, and much more. (View Video)

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