North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams is back in school -- but can he reclaim his job as backup to Bryn Renner? ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams is back in school after not being enrolled during the spring semester, team spokesman Kevin Best said on Friday.
The Tar Heels will scrimmage later today at Kenan Stadium. ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina will hold its spring football scrimmage tonight on campus in Kenan Stadium instead of in Greensboro. The scrimmage will begin at 5 p.m.
The Tar Heels had previously been scheduled to scrimmage tonight at Grimsley High in Greensboro, but rain has made the Grimsley High field unplayable.
North Carolina coach Larry Fedora isn't a fan of conference realignment. ROBERT WILLETT
RALEIGH — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora gave a talk on Wednesday at a meeting of the Raleigh Sports Club. Fedora opened by telling the audience about his background – of growing up in the country in College Station, Texas, with three brothers, of learning how to work from his father, a barber who still cuts hair, and of how his background shaped him into the man he is.
“I have a blue collar attitude,” Fedora told the crowd “Nobody owes you a thing.”
Here’s what he said about a variety of topics:
North Carolina coach Larry Fedora will have to prepare the Tar Heels for a difficult early-season schedule. ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — The ACC released the 2013 football schedule moments ago.
Here’s how it looks for North Carolina, followed by some quick thoughts:
CHAPEL HILL — Ron West has joined the football coaching staff at North Carolina as a co-defensive coordinator and linebackers, the university announced today.
West most recently was the co-defensive coordinator at Arizona State, where he spent last season. He previously coached at Illinois and spent 10 seasons (from 1999 through 2008) as an assistant coach at Clemson. West graduated from Clemson in 1979.
UNC coach Larry Fedora wants the top in-state players to run with the Tar Heels. ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — When Larry Fedora became North Carolina’s head football coach, he made clear the importance of keeping home the best in-state high school players. Fedora talked about building a fence around North Carolina, in much the same way that Mack Brown did during his years as the Tar Heels head coach.
North Carolina coach Larry Fedora will discuss the Tar Heels' 2013 signing class this afternoon. ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — Welcome, folks, to signing day. We’ll have a lot more coming later on, after North Carolina coach Larry Fedora meets with media members at 3:30. For now, though, here’s a quick look at the Tar Heels’ 2013 signees:
CHAPEL HILL — Keith Gilmore, who has spent the past four seasons coaching at Illinois, is North Carolina’s new defensive line coach, UNC announced on Tuesday. Gilmore replaces former defensive line coach Deke Adams, who departed last month for the same job at South Carolina.
Gilmore has ties to both Vic Koenning and Dan Disch, who have served as co-defensive coordinators at UNC under coach Larry Fedora. Gilmore and Koenning worked together at Illinois when Koenning was the defensive coordinator there in 2010 and 11. Gilmore and Disch, meanwhile, were members of the same defensive coaching staff at Illinois in 2009 and 2010.
Marquise Williams, a top recruit in North Carolina's 2011 signing class, is no longer enrolled at UNC. ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — Marquise Williams, the quarterback who was one of the top-rated members of North Carolina’s 2011 recruiting class, is not enrolled at UNC for the spring semester, a team spokesman said on Monday.
UNC coach Larry Fedora will be in the market for a new defensive line coach. ROBERT WILLETT
CHAPEL HILL — Deke Adams, who has spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach on Larry Fedora’s staffs at Southern Miss and North Carolina, has accepted a position on Steve Spurrier’s staff at South Carolina.
Adams last season coached the Tar Heels’ defensive line, and he will have the same responsibility at South Carolina.
