North Carolina Tar Heels basketball history
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)
Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, aka The Dean Dome
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Current head coach: Hubert Davis (2021-)
- Asst: Brad Frederick (2013-)
- Asst: Jeff Lebo (2021-)
- Asst: Sean May (2015-)
- Recruiting: Pat Sullivan (2021-)
- DPD: Marcus Paige (2023-)
- DBO: Eric Hoots (2004-)
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Post-Season:
- National Championships: 6 (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)
- Final Four Appearances: 21 (1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995,
- 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2022)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 36 (1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 53 (1941, 1946, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 132-49
- NIT Championships: 1 (1971)
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 2003, 2010)
- NIT Overall Record: 12-5
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 1 (1924)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 3 (1924, 1957, 1982)
Conference Titles (SoCon, ACC):
- ACC Regular Season Championships: 33 (1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024)
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 7 (1923, 1925, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1946)
- ACC Tournament Championships: 18 (1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2016)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 8 (1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1945)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 3 (Michael Jordan, 1984; Antawn Jamison, 1998; Tyler Hansbrough, 2008)
- John R. Wooden Award: 4 (Phil Ford, 1978; Michael Jordan, 1984; Antawn Jamison, 1998; Tyler Hansbrough, 2008)
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 4 (Phil Ford, 1978; Michael Jordan, 1984; Antawn Jamison, 1998; Tyler Hansbrough, 2008)
- AP Player of the Year: 3 (Michael Jordan, 1984; Antawn Jamison, 1998; Tyler Hansbrough, 2008)
- NABC Player of the Year: 4 (Phil Ford, 1978; Michael Jordan, 1984; Antawn Jamison, 1998; Tyler Hansbrough, 2008)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 5 (Phil Ford, 1978; Michael Jordan, 1983 & 1984; Antawn Jamison, 1998; Tyler Hansbrough, 2008)
- AP All-Americans: 52 (last = RJ Davis, 2024)
- ACC Player of the Year: 16 (last = RJ Davis, 2024)
North Carolina head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Hubert Davis | 2021-Pres | 78-31 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Roy Williams | 2003-21 | 485-163 | 9 | 16 | 3 |
Matt Doherty | 2000-03 | 53-43 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Guthridge | 1997-2000 | 80-28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Dean Smith | 1961-97 | 879-254 | 17 | 27 | 2 |
Frank McGuire | 1952-61 | 164-58 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Tom Scott | 1946-52 | 100-65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Carnevale | 1944-46 | 52-11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Lange | 1939-44 | 85-41 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Walter Skidmore | 1935-39 | 65-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
George Shepard | 1931-35 | 69-16 | 1 | – | – |
James Ashmore | 1926-31 | 80-37 | 0 | – | – |
Harlan Sanborn | 1925-26 | 20-5 | 0 | – | – |
Monk McDonald | 1924-25 | 20-5 | 1 | – | – |
Bo Shepard | 1923-24 | 26-0 | 0 | – | – |
Fred Boye | 1919-23 | 49-24 | 1 | – | – |
Howell Peacock | 1916-19 | 23-14 | – | – | – |
Chick Doak | 1914-16 | 18-16 | – | – | – |
Nat Cartmell | 1910-14 | 25-24 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
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