UNC Women's Basketball

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball.

Former UNC Women's Basketball Coach Jennifer Alley Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

Jennifer Alley, the women's basketball coach at UNC from 1977-86, has been honored as a 2020 Nike Lifetime Achievement Award winner by Women Leaders in College Sports. Alley was the first full-time women's basketball head coach at UNC and directed the Tar Heels for nine years, capturing UNC's first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title in 1984. (GoHeels.com)

Tar Heels Wrap Up WNBA Season

UNC alumna Tierra Ruffin-Pratt helped Los Angeles to the No. 3 seed in the 2020 WNBA playoffs in a condensed season that wrapped up for the Sparks on Thursday. For the second year in a row, L.A. was eliminated from the playoffs by the Connecticut Sun. Paris Kea's season ended a bit earlier as the New York Liberty failed to make the playoffs. (GoHeels.com)

Ivory Latta Receives Carolina Blue BMW for Birthday

Former North Carolina Women’s Basketball player Ivory Latta received an awesome surprise for her 35th birthday. Latta’s girlfriend had the two-time WNBA All-Star’s BMW wrapped in Carolina Blue and tricked out with UNC logos under the door handles. Latta was shocked by the gesture and quickly posed with her freshly updated ride in a series of pictures and videos. (Inside Carolina)

UNC Student-Athlete Advisory Council creates voter registration initiative

Despite the uncertainty concerning many details of their upcoming sports seasons, UNC athletes are still finding a way to make their mark. This fall, an athlete-led voter initiative is working toward 100 percent voter registration among eligible athletes on UNC's 28 varsity sports teams. The project is organizing a voter registration drive. (Daily Tar Heel)

Video: Carolina Insider Live - September 10, 2020

Hosts Jones Angell and Adam Lucas interview UNC running back Michael Carter, discuss the retirement of Marvin Williams, watch Ivory Latta's surprise reaction to her BMW's custom UNC paint job, marvel at Deon Thompson's new 2009 championship tattoo and much more on this edition of the Carolina Insider Live show. Read More...

Former UNC women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell pleads guilty in fatal accident

Former North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell on Tuesday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor death by vehicle in connection with the death in January of 89-year-old Betty Colby. She was sentenced to six months probation, 50 hours of community service and a fine. Hatchell, who coached at UNC for 33 seasons, resigned last spring. (WRAL.com)

Caleb Krueger Joins UNC Women's Basketball Staff

Caleb Krueger has joined the UNC women's basketball program as the Tar Heels' strength and conditioning coach. Krueger comes to Chapel Hill from the University of Kansas, where he worked with the women's and men's basketball teams. He will direct, design, and implement all strength and conditioning programming for UNC women's basketball. (GoHeels.com)

Jackie Manuel Joins UNC Women's Basketball Staff

A Tar Heel men's basketball national champion is returning to UNC as a member of the women's basketball staff. North Carolina head coach Courtney Banghart announced Wednesday that Jackie Manuel, a tri-captain on UNC's 2005 NCAA Championship team, will join her staff as Director of Player Personnel, Development and Recruiting Operations. (GoHeels.com)

UNC athletes had a Saturday march on Franklin Street

Sean May, the director of basketball operations for men’s basketball, said he learned of the march when Garrison Brooks texted the team’s group chat. May said he stayed off to the side, but wanted to show support with his presence. “I thought it was super powerful that that many young people get together at the spur of the moment for something that is bigger than them,” May said. (Charlotte Observer)

Tar Heels Gain From ACC Summer Development Program

Eleven Tar Heels participated in the ACC's Professional Development Academy over the summer, gaining valuable experience during a time when many plans were derailed by COVID-19. The six-week virtual program gave each participant the opportunity to forge new connections, learn from a range of speakers, and develop personal and career goals. (GoHeels.com)

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