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Highlights From Bubba’s Press Conference

If you are one of those people who put a lot of stock in the new AD “winning the press conference” then you won’t be disappointed here. It wasn’t an epic event or anything but new UNC AD Bubba Cunningham hit all his marks and looks ready to hit the ground running when he officially [...]

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Bubba Cunningham Named UNC Athletic Director

Via WRAL.

At an emergency Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning, a motion to approve Cunningham passed unanimously. The terms of his deal that run through June 2017, are a $525,000 base salary, $40,000 in expenses and bonuses based on football performance, men’s and women’s basketball performance and APR scores.

Cunningham will replace Dick Baddour, [...]

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UNC Schedules Emergency BOT Meeting & 11 AM Presser

No, they are not firing Holden Thorp so put your pants back on.

Via WRAL:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees have called an emergency meeting via conference call Friday morning at 9 a.m.

The call is “to discuss a personnel matter” according to a press release distributed Thursday afternoon.

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IC: Bubba Is In Town

Greg Barnes at Inside Carolina is reporting that Tulsa AD Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham is in Chapel Hill to meet with UNC officials.

The University of North Carolina is in the final stages of hiring Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham as its new athletic director, ending a nearly seven-week search to replace Dick Baddour.

A source with intimate [...]

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UNC AD Search Close To Completion

Inside Carolina is reporting that UNC’s search for an athletic director is “very deep in the process” and the committee is preparing to give UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp a recommendation.

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Your Obligatory Tire Fire Update

UNC’s 4-1 start has blown the stench of the smoldering NCAA mess out to sea for most of the season, but a few things have bubbled up of late that serve to remind us the tires are still ablaze. Here are some quick notes of the week:

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Eric Hyman Staying at South Carolina

Well that didn’t take long.

A day after news broke that South Carolina AD Eric Hyman was UNC’s top choice to replace Dick Baddour with the words “mutual interest” being batted around, Hyman has now stated he wants to stay in Columbia.

South Carolina Athletics Director Eric Hyman issued a statement Wednesday night that suggests [...]

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UNC’s AD Search Zeroes In

Top candidate.

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