2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
The 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels will be led by first-year head coach Bill Belichick. The team will play their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium.
Following the firing of head coach Mack Brown after six seasons in charge, [1] assistant Freddie Kitchens was elevated to interim head coach. [2]
On December 11, 2024, Bill Belichick, former head coach of the New England Patriots, was hired as the 35th head coach in North Carolina program history. [3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result |
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August 30 | TBA | TCU * | ||
September 6 | TBA | at Charlotte * | ||
September 13 | TBA | Richmond * |
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September 20 | TBA | at UCF * | ||
TBA | TBA | at California | ||
TBA | TBA | at NC State | ||
TBA | TBA | Clemson |
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TBA | TBA | Duke |
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TBA | TBA | Stanford |
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TBA | TBA | Virginia |
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TBA | TBA | at Syracuse | ||
TBA | TBA | at Wake Forest | ||
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William Stephen Belichick is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Widely regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, he holds numerous coaching records, including the record of most Super Bowl wins (six) as a head coach, all with the New England Patriots, along with two more during his time as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, for a record eight combined total Super Bowl victories as coach and coordinator. A renowned American football historian, Belichick is often referred to as a "student of the game" with a deep knowledge of the intricacies of each player position. During his tenure with the Patriots, Belichick was a central figure as the head coach and de facto general manager during the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019.
William Mack Brown is an American former college football coach. Brown most recently coached at the University of North Carolina, where he had two stints, first from 1988 until 1997, and again from 2019 until his firing at the end of the 2024 season. During his second stint in Chapel Hill, Brown became Carolina's all-time winningest coach, passing Dick Crum for most wins in program history.
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The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football or Gridiron Football. The Tar Heels play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
The Tar Heel Sports Network is a radio network in the United States dedicated to broadcasting live events and programming relating to North Carolina Tar Heels athletics. It is operated by Tar Heel Sports Properties, a property of LEARFIELD, which manages the multimedia rights for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The network's flagship station is WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The 1997 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mack Brown and finished the season 11–1 overall, 7–1 in the conference.
Charles Frederick Kitchens Jr. is an American football coach who was the interim head coach prior to the hiring of Bill Belichick, tight ends coach and run game coordinator for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He has served as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns and an assistant coach for the New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals, and Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He has also spent stints as an assistant coach with Mississippi State, North Texas, LSU and Glenville State of the NCAA. He was fired in 2019 after his lone season as a head coach when his Browns team ended with a 6–10 record.
The 1995 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.
The 1994 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.
The North Carolina–NC State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the NC State Wolfpack football team of North Carolina State University.
The 1992 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.
The 1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.
The 1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.
The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 2–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last out of seven teams in the Coastal Division.
The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, in the second season of his second stint at North Carolina and his 12th overall season. The team played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium.
The 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, who was in the fourth season of his second stint at North Carolina and 14th overall season at the university. The team played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium.
The 2023 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, who was in the fifth season of his second stint at North Carolina and 15th overall season at the university. The team played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The North Carolina Tar Heels football team drew an average home attendance of 50,095 in 2023.
The 2024 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, who was in the sixth season of his second stint at North Carolina and 16th overall season at the university. The team plays their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium.