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The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. Being the flagship institution of the University of North Carolina system, the campus at Chapel Hill is referred to as the University of North Carolina for the purposes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Tar Heels are commonly referred to as Carolina, North Carolina, or simply The Heels. The mascot of the Tar Heels is Rameses, a Bighorn Ram. It is represented as either a live Dorset sheep with its horns painted Carolina Blue, or as a costumed character performed by a volunteer from the student body, usually an undergraduate student associated with the cheer leading team. North Carolina has won 36 team national championships in six different sports, ninth all-time, and 51 individual national championships.
[edit] BaseballMain article: North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
The baseball team has had recent success, reaching the championship series of the College World Series in 2006 and 2007 losing both times to Oregon State. They also appeared in the College World Series in 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2008, and 2009. [edit] Field Hockey Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey
[edit] Football Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels football
[edit] Men's Basketball Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
North Carolina has enjoyed long success as one of the top basketball programs in the country. Overall, the Tar Heels have won five NCAA National Championships and were retroactively awarded one by the Helms Foundation. Under coach Frank McGuire, the team won its first NCAA championship in 1957. After McGuire left, legendary coach Dean Smith established the team as a powerhouse in college basketball. While coaching for North Carolina for thirty-nine years, Smith set the record for the most wins of any men's college basketball head coach, a record broken in 2007 by Bob Knight. Under Smith, the Tar Heels won two national championships and had numerous talented players come through the program. Smith is also credited with coming up with the four corners offense. More recently, the Tar Heels won the national championship in 2005 and 2009 under coach Roy Williams. [edit] Men's Lacrosse Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse
[edit] Women's Soccer Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
[edit] Other Sports Other national championship victories include the women's basketball team in 1994; the women's handball team in 2004; and the men's handball team in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The men's crew won the 2004 ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta in the varsity eight category. In 1994, North Carolina's athletic programs won the Sears Directors Cup which is awarded for cumulative performance in NCAA competition. [edit] National championships North Carolina has won 38 national championships, 36 of which are from the NCAA.[1] The 36 NCAA Championships ranks eighth all time, behind only UCLA, Stanford, Southern California, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, LSU, and Texas.
(*) Pre-NCAA tournament championship (**) There was only one AIAW soccer tournament, thus making North Carolina the only women's soccer team to win an AIAW championship [edit] Rivalries See also: Tobacco Road North Carolina's most heated rivalries are with its Tobacco Road counterparts Duke, North Carolina State, and Wake Forest. In recent years, the North Carolina-Duke basketball series has attracted the most attention. The Tar Heels also have a rivalry with Virginia in college football, known as the South's Oldest Rivalry. UNC and UVA are the two oldest schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [edit] Notable alumniMain articles: List of alumni and List of Olympians Notable graduates from the athletic programs include Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Charlie Justice, Phil Ford, Kristine Lilly, Davis Love III, Andrew Miller, Cindy Parlow, Eddie Pope, Jeff Reed, B.J. Surhoff, Lawrence Taylor, Roy Williams, Rasheed Wallace, James Worthy, and Julius Peppers.    UNC Tar Heel players who went pro in the NBA or ABA
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