1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
South Regional champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Atlantic Coast
CB	No. 3
Record	38–17 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Roberts (1st season)
MVP	Matt Wilson
Home stadium	Boshamer Stadium
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y	10	–	2		.833			39	–	14		.736
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y	9	–	3		.750			38	–	17		.691
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			23	–	14		.622
Maryland  ‍‍‍	5	–	6		.455			14	–	14		.500
NC State  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			23	–	16		.590
Virginia  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			18	–	14		.563
Duke  ‍‍‍	1	–	10		.091			12	–	22		.353
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Boshamer Stadium. The team was coached by Mike Roberts in his 1st year as head coach at North Carolina.

The Tar Heels won the South Regional playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.

Roster

1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town INF Jim Atkinson L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 180 lb(82 kg) Jr Dave Barnett / — — Charlie Beverly / — — Lloyd Brewer / — — Fr Mike Brewer / — — Fr Kevin Caddell / — — So INF Roy Clark R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 165 lb(75 kg) Sr RHP Monte DeRatt /R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) Jr INF Mike Fox / — — Sr Phil Griffith / — — Jr J. D. Henderson / — — Fr Clay Johnson / — — Sr RHP David Kirk /R — — Fr Brad Lloyd / — — So Mark McKinney / — — Bill Musser / — — Fr RHP Greg Norris /R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb(93 kg) Jr Whiteville, North Carolina James Parks / — — Fr Greg Robinson / — — Jim Rouse / — — So RHP Blaine Smith /R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb(82 kg) Jr Matt Wilson / — — Jr	Head coach Mike Roberts Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball game log
Regular season
February (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 1 February 24 at Francis Marion Unknown • Florence, South Carolina 8–2 1–0 – 2 February 25 at Francis Marion Unknown • Florence, South Carolina 4–3 2–0 –
March (21–8) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 3 March 3 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 3–2 3–0 – 4 March 3 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 5–0 4–0 – 5 March 5 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 0–3 4–1 – 6 March 5 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 7–6 5–1 – 7 March 6 vs Northern Iowa Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 5–6 5–2 – 8 March 7 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 3–1 6–2 – 9 March 8 vs Louisiana Tech Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 5–7 6–3 – 10 March 8 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 7–3 7–3 – 11 March 9 vs Northern Iowa Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 12–0 8–3 – 12 March 10 vs Northern Iowa Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 6–3 9–3 – 13 March 11 vs Oklahoma State Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 3–2 10–3 – 14 March 11 at Texas–Pan American Unknown • Edinburg, Texas 3–4 10–4 – 15 March 13 Campbell Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–6 10–5 – 16 March 15 Appalachian State Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 5–3 11–5 – 17 March 15 Liberty Baptist Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–3 12–5 – 18 March 16 Milligan Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 7–0 13–5 – 19 March 17 William & Mary Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 7–2 14–5 – 20 March 18 Duke Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2–0 15–5 1–0 21 March 19 at South Carolina Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, South Carolina 4–3 16–5 1–0 22 March 20 Madison Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 5–1 17–5 1–0 23 March 21 at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field • Richmond, Virginia 3–5 17–6 1–0 24 March 22 Old Dominion Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–3 18–6 1–0 25 March 23 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 19–3 19–6 2–0 26 March 24 Clemson Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–1 20–6 3–0 27 March 27 East Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–2 21–6 3–0 28 March 28 St. John's Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 5–13 21–7 3–0 29 March 29 Le Moyne Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 16–5 22–7 3–0 30 March 30 Le Moyne Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 7–9 22–8 3–0 31 March 30 Towson State Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 8–1 23–8 3–0
April (9–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 32 April 1 at Maryland Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland 5–3 24–8 4–0 33 April 2 at Virginia UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, Virginia 12–11 25–8 5–0 34 April 4 at NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina 4–11 25–9 5–1 35 April 5 at East Carolina Harrington Field • Greenville, North Carolina 3–12 25–10 5–1 36 April at Wake Forest Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina 6–0 26–10 6–1 37 April 8 Virginia Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–8 26–11 6–2 38 April 9 Maryland Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3–5 26–12 6–3 39 April 10 at Liberty Baptist Unknown • Lynchburg, Virginia 8–2 27–12 6–3 40 April 11 Virginia Tech Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–5 28–12 6–3 41 April 12 Wake Forest Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–5 29–12 7–3 42 April 14 South Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3–11 29–13 7–3 43 April 15 South Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–0 30–13 7–3 44 April 16 NC State Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–5 31–13 8–3 45 April 17 Clemson Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 10–9 32–13 9–3
Postseason
ACC Tournament (0–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 46 April 20 Duke Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, South Carolina 2–3 32–14 9–3
April (1–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 47 April 28 at East Tennessee State Howard Johnson Field • Johnson City, Tennessee 5–1 33–14 9–3
NCAA South Regional (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 48 May 20 vs East Tennessee State Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama 15–1 34–14 9–3 49 May 21 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama 3–2 35–14 9–3 50 May 22 vs Memphis State Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama 6–8 35–15 9–3 51 May 23 vs Memphis State Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama 11–9 36–15 9–3
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 52 June 3 vs Oral Roberts Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–11 36–16 9–3 53 June 4 vs St. Johns Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 9–5 37–16 9–3 54 June 5 vs Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–6 38–16 9–3 55 June 6 vs Southern California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–3 38–17 9–3

Awards and honors

Jim Atkinson

• First Team All-ACC

Greg Norris

• First Team All-ACC
• ACC Player of the Year ^[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
2. "2001 UNC Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved December 29, 2021.