List of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball honorees

Since the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team was founded in 1910, scores of its players have been named All-Americans, received national awards, and been inducted into various halls of fame.

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team was founded in 1910 to represent the University of North Carolina in intercollegiate competition and has participated in the sport all but one season since its inception. Over the course of the team's history, the Tar Heels' performance has ranged from losing records to undefeated seasons resulting in a national championship.

During periods of both ascendancy and mediocrity, individual North Carolina players of exceptional ability have received various accolades. In total, Tar Heels have been named to an All-America team 83 times, an All-Atlantic Coast Conference team 138 times, and an All-Southern Conference team 34 times. Of the All-America selections, thirty-seven players received first-team honors a total of fifty-eight times. Sixteen players were named consensus first-team All-Americans a total of twenty-five times.

Tar Heels have won several nationally recognized individual awards, including the Bob Cousy Award, the Senior CLASS Award, Academic All-America of the Year, and several of the National Player of the Year awards. The College Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted four former North Carolina players, and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has enshrined three. Five former North Carolina head coaches have also been inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

All-Americans

Each year, numerous publications and organizations release lists of All-America teams, hypothetical rosters of players considered the best in the nation at their respective positions. ^[1] Some selecting organizations choose more than one roster of All-Americans, in which case they use the terms "first team", "second team", and "third team" as appropriate. ^[2] Some selectors also award honorable mentions to outstanding players who did not make any of their teams. ^[3]

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), a college sports governing body, uses officially recognized All-America selectors to determine the "consensus" selections. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. ^[4] Over time, the sources used to determine the consensus selections have changed, and since 1997, the NCAA has used these selectors to determine consensus All-Americans: Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

In 1923, Cartwright Carmichael was selected to the Helms first team, which made him the first North Carolina player to be named an All-American. In addition, Carmichael became the first Tar Heel first consensus All-American. Carmichael was also named a consensus All-American in 1924, which made him the first of seven North Carolina player to receive the honor twice. Of those seven players, Jack Cobb and Tyler Hansbrough are the only Tar Heels players to achieve consensus First-team All America honors three times in their collegiate career. Fifteen other Tar Heels have earned consensus First-team All-America honors twenty-three times throughout the program's history.

Key
Consensus First-team selection ‡	Consensus Second-team selection †
For a guide to the abbreviations used, see the glossary.

Bob McAdoo was a consensus first-team All-American in 1972.

Phil Ford was a two-time consensus first-team All-American.

Mike O'Koren was a three-time All-American during his time at North Carolina.

James Worthy was named an All-American twice.

Sam Perkins was a consensus first-team All-American in his final two seasons at North Carolina.

Michael Jordan was a consensus first-team All-American two times while at UNC.

List of All-Americans showing the year won, player, position and selectors ^[5]

Year	Player name	Position	Selector(s)
1923	Cartwright Carmichael ‡	C	HLMS-1
1924	Cartwright Carmichael ‡	C	HLMS-1
1924	Jack Cobb ‡	F	HLMS-1
1925	Jack Cobb ‡	F	HLMS-1
1926	Jack Cobb ‡	F	HLMS-1
1940	George Glamack ‡	F, C	HLMS-1; CNVR-2
1941	George Glamack ‡	F, C	HLMS-1; CNVR-2
1945	Jim Jordan	G	HLMS-2
1946	John Dillon †	F	HLMS-3; CNVR-2; TSN-1
1946	Jim Jordan	G	HLMS-1
1956	Lennie Rosenbluth	F	AP-2; UPI-2; NEA-3; INS-2; COL-3
1957	Lennie Rosenbluth ‡	F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; INS-1
1957	Tommy Kearns	G	CNVR-2
1958	Tommy Kearns	G	AP-3
1958	Pete Brennan †	F	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-3; UPI-3; INS-2
1959	York Larese	G	AP-3;
1959	Doug Moe	G, F	TSN-2
1959	Lee Shaffer	F	NABC-3; AW-3
1960	York Larese	G	NABC-3; AP-HM
1960	Lee Shaffer †	F	AP-3; USBWA-1; UPI-3; NEA-2; TSN-2
1961	York Larese	G	AP-3; NABC-2; UPI-3; NEA-3; TSN-2; CNVR-2
1961	Doug Moe	G, F	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-3; NEA-3; TSN-2
1964	Billy Cunningham	F, C	USBWA-1; HLMS-1
1965	Billy Cunningham	F, C	AP-3; NABC-2; UPI-2; HLMS-1; TSN-2
1966	Bob Lewis	G	AP-3; NABC-3; HLMS-1
1967	Bob Lewis	G	NABC-3; HLMS-1
1967	Larry Miller †	G, F	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-2; UPI-3; CNVR-1; HLMS-1
1968	Larry Miller ‡	G, F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-2; CNVR-1; HLMS-1
1969	Charlie Scott †	G	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-2; HLMS-1; CNVR-1; BW-1
1970	Charlie Scott †	G	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-2; HLMS-1; CNVR-1; BW-1; NEA-1; NBACO-1
1972	Bill Chamberlain	F	AP-HM; NBACO-2
1972	Bob McAdoo ‡	F, C	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-3; UPI-2; NBACO-1; HLMS-1; NEA-1; TSN-1
1972	Dennis Wuycik	F	AP-HM; NABC-2; BW-2; HLMS-1
1974	Bobby Jones †	F	AP-2; USBWA-2; NABC-2; UPI-2
1975	Mitch Kupchak	F, C	HLMS-1;
1976	Mitch Kupchak †	F, C	AP-2; USBWA-2; NABC-2; UPI-2; HLMS-1; BW-3
1976	Phil Ford †	G	AP-2; NABC-1; UPI-2; BW-1; HLMS-1; TSN-1
1977	Phil Ford ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-2; BW-1; HLMS-1; TSN-2
1977	Tommy LaGarde	F, C	AP-HM; TSN-2
1978	Phil Ford ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; BW-1; HLMS-1; TSN-1
1978	Mike O'Koren	F	NABC-3; HLMS-1; CNVR-1; BW-2
1979	Mike O'Koren †	F	USBWA-2; NABC-2; UPI-2; HLMS-1; CNVR-1; BW-1; TSN-1
1980	Mike O'Koren †	F	USBWA-2; NABC-2; UPI-2; HLMS-1; CNVR-1; BW-2; TSN-1
1980	Al Wood	G, F	CNVR-1
1981	Al Wood †	G, F	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-1; CNVR-1; HLMS-1
1981	James Worthy	F	USBWA-1
1982	Sam Perkins †	F	USBWA-2; NABC-2; UPI-2; AP-HM; CNVR-1; HLMS-1; NAIS-2; TSN-2; BW-2
1982	James Worthy ‡	F	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; BW-1; NAIS-1; NBACO-1; CNVR-1; HLMS-1; TSN-1
1983	Michael Jordan ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; TSN-1; NAIS-1; NBACO-1; BW-1; ESPN-1; ABA-1; BT-1; HLMS-1; CNVR-1
1983	Sam Perkins ‡	F	AP-3; USBWA-1; NABC-2; UPI-2; CNVR-1; HLMS-1; NAIS-1; TSN-2; BW-2; ESPN-1; ABA-1; BT-3
1984	Michael Jordan ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; TSN-1; NAIS-1; NBACO-1; BW-1; ESPN-1; ABA-1; BT-1; HLMS-1; CNVR-1
1984	Sam Perkins ‡	F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; CNVR-1; HLMS-1; NAIS-1; TSN-1; BW-1; ESPN-1; ABA-1; BT-1; NBACO-1
1986	Brad Daugherty †	C	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-2; UPI-2; BW-1; TSN-2
1986	Kenny Smith	G	NABC-4
1987	Kenny Smith ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; BT-1; BW-1; NAIS-1; TSN-1; HLMS-1; CNVR-1
1988	J.R. Reid ‡	F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-2; BW-1; TSN-2; BT-1
1989	J.R. Reid	F	NABC-3; BT-3
1991	Rick Fox	F	AP-HM; TSN-3
1993	Eric Montross †	C	AP-2; NABC-2; UPI-3; JW-1; TSN-2; BW-2; BT-3
1994	Eric Montross †	C	AP-2; NABC-1; NAIS-1; JW-1; TSN-2; BW-1; BT-1
1995	Jerry Stackhouse ‡	G, F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; UPI-1; JW-1; TSN-2; BT-2
1995	Rasheed Wallace †	F, C	AP-2; USBWA-2; NABC-2; UPI-2; TSN-1; BT-1; JW-1
1997	Antawn Jamison †	F	AP-2; NABC-2; JW-1; TSN-2; BW-2; BT-3
1998	Antawn Jamison ‡	F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; TSN-1; JW-1; BW-1; BT-1; BA-1; BN-1
1998	Vince Carter †	G, F	AP-2; USBWA-2; NABC-2; TSN-2; JW-1; BT-2; BW-3; BN-2
1998	Shammond Williams	G	AP-HM; BN-3
2001	Brendan Haywood	C	NABC-3; TSN-2; AP-HM
2001	Joseph Forte ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; TSN-1; BT-1; CBSS-1; ESPN-1; JW-1
2004	Sean May	F	AP-HM; ESPN-3
2004	Rashad McCants	G	AP-3; TSN-3; BT-2; CBS-2; SI-2;
2005	Raymond Felton	G	AP-3
2005	Sean May †	F	USBWA-2; TSN-2; JW-1; ESPN-1; SI-2; BT-2
2005	Rashad McCants	G	NABC-3; AP-HM
2006	Tyler Hansbrough †	F, C	AP-3; NABC-3; TSN-1; RA-1; BT-3;
2007	Tyler Hansbrough ‡	F, C	AP-2; USBWA-1; NABC-1; TSN-1; RA-1; BT-2; JW-1; SI-2
2008	Tyler Hansbrough ‡	F, C	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; TSN-1; RA-1; BT-1; JW-1; SI-1; FOX-1
2009	Tyler Hansbrough ‡	F, C	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; TSN-1; RA-1; BT-2; JW-1; SI-1; FOX-2
2009	Ty Lawson †	G	AP-2; NABC-2; TSN-2; JW-1; SI-1; CBSS-1; BT-1; RA-2; FOX-3
2012	Harrison Barnes	F	NABC-2; TSN-3; AP-HM
2012	Kendall Marshall	G	AP-3; CBS-1
2012	Tyler Zeller †	F, C	AP-2; USBWA-2; NABC-2; TSN-2; JW-2; BT-2; CBS-3
2014	Marcus Paige	G	TSN-2
2016	Brice Johnson ‡	F	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; SI-1; TSN-3
2017	Justin Jackson ‡	F/G	AP-1; USBWA-2; NABC-1; SI-1; TSN-1
2018	Joel Berry II	G	NABC-3
2018	Luke Maye	F	AP-3; TSN-3
2023	Armando Bacot	C/F	AP-3; USBWA-3; TSN-3
2024	Armando Bacot	C/F	USBWA-3
2024	R. J. Davis ‡	G	AP-1; USBWA-1; NABC-1; TSN-1

All-conference honorees

Just as the media recognizes the nation's best players with All-America lists, individual athletic conferences honor their best players with "all-conference" selections. In 1921, North Carolina joined the Southern Conference (SoCon). A year later, Cartwright Carmichael and Monk McDonald became the first Tar Heels named to an All-Southern Conference team. North Carolina was a member of the league from 1921 to 1953, and twenty-two Tar Heels received All-Southern Conference honors a total of thirty-four times.

After the 1952 season, North Carolina and six other schools left the Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The following year, the conference honored its inaugural season's best players with an All-ACC team. In that initial class, one Tar Heel, Jerry Vayda, was selected to the second team. ^[6] Since 1953, North Carolina players have received first-team All-ACC honors a total of 73 times. Tar Heels have been named to All-ACC second or third teams an additional 64 times, although those teams have not been published continuously.

In 2002, the Atlantic Coast Conference published the "ACC 50th Anniversary Basketball Team", a list of the league's fifty best players from its first half-century as chosen by a 120-member committee. ^[7] North Carolina had the most selections of the ACC members. The list included twelve former Tar Heels: Billy Cunningham, a Tar Heel forward and center from 1962 to 1965; Brad Daugherty, a center from 1982 to 1986; Walter Davis, a guard and forward from 1973 to 1977; Phil Ford, a guard from 1974 to 1978; Antawn Jamison, a forward from 1995 to 1998; Bobby Jones, a forward from 1971 to 1974; Michael Jordan, a guard from 1982 to 1984; Larry Miller, a forward from 1964 to 1968; Sam Perkins, a forward and center from 1981 to 1984; Lennie Rosenbluth, a forward from 1954 to 1957; Charlie Scott, a guard from 1967 to 1970; and James Worthy, a forward from 1979 to 1982. ^[5]

Key
First-team selection	Second-team selection	Third-team selection
For a guide to the abbreviations used, see the glossary.

Year Player name [6] Position 1954 Jerry Vayda † F 1955 Lennie Rosenbluth F 1956 Lennie Rosenbluth F 1957 Pete Brennan F 1957 Tommy Kearns G 1957 Lennie Rosenbluth F 1958 Pete Brennan F 1958 Tommy Kearns G 1959 York Larese G 1959 Doug Moe G, F 1959 Lee Shaffer F 1960 York Larese G 1960 Lee Shaffer F 1961 York Larese G 1961 Doug Moe G, F 1962 Larry Brown G 1962 Jim Hudock F 1963 Larry Brown G 1963 Billy Cunningham F 1964 Larry Brown G 1964 Billy Cunningham F 1965 Billy Cunningham F 1965 Bob Lewis G 1966 Bob Lewis G 1966 Larry Miller G, F 1967 Bob Lewis G 1967 Larry Miller G, F 1968 Rusty Clark C 1968 Larry Miller G, F 1968 Charlie Scott G| 1969 Bill Bunting F, C 1969 Dick Grubar G 1969 Charlie Scott G 1970 Charlie Scott G 1971 George Karl G 1971 Dennis Wuycik F 1972 Bill Chamberlain F 1972 George Karl G 1972 Robert McAdoo F, C 1972 Dennis Wuycik F 1973 George Karl G 1973 Bobby Jones F 1974 Darrell Elston G 1974 Bobby Jones F 1975 Mitch Kupchak F, C 1976 Walter Davis G, F 1976 Phil Ford G 1976 Mitch Kupchak F, C 1977 Walter Davis G, F 1977 Phil Ford G 1977 Tommy LaGarde F, C 1978 Phil Ford G 1979 Mike O'Koren F 1979 Al Wood G, F

Year Player name [6] Position 1980 Mike O'Koren F 1980 Al Wood G, F 1981 Mike O'Koren F 1981 Al Wood G, F 1981 James Worthy F 1982 James Worthy F 1982 Sam Perkins F 1983 Michael Jordan G 1983 Sam Perkins F 1984 Michael Jordan G 1984 Sam Perkins F 1985 Brad Daugherty C 1985 Kenny Smith G 1986 Brad Daugherty C 1986 Steve Hale G 1986 Kenny Smith G 1987 Kenny Smith G 1987 J.R. Reid F 1987 Joe Wolf F, C 1988 Jeff Lebo G 1988 J.R. Reid F 1989 Steve Bucknall G 1989 Kevin Madden G, F 1990 Rick Fox F 1991 Pete Chilcutt F 1991 Rick Fox F 1992 Hubert Davis G 1992 George Lynch F 1993 George Lynch F 1993 Eric Montross C 1994 Eric Montross C 1994 Derrick Phelps G 1995 Jeff McInnis G 1996 Dante Calabria G 1996 Antawn Jamison F 1996 Jeff McInnis G 1997 Antawn Jamison F 1997 Shammond Williams G 1997 Serge Zwikker C 1997 Vince Carter G, F 1998 Vince Carter G, F 1998 Ed Cota G 1998 Antawn Jamison F 1998 Shammond Williams G 1999 Ed Cota G 1999 Ademola Okulaja F 2000 Ed Cota G 2000 Joseph Forte G 2000 Brendan Haywood C 2001 Jason Capel F 2001 Joseph Forte G 2001 Brendan Haywood C 2002 Jason Capel F 2003 Raymond Felton G

Year Player name [6] Position 2004 Raymond Felton G 2004 Sean May F 2004 Rashad McCants G 2005 Raymond Felton G 2005 Sean May F 2005 Rashad McCants G 2005 Jawad Williams F 2006 Tyler Hansbrough F, C 2006 David Noel F 2006 Reyshawn Terry F 2007 Tyler Hansbrough F, C 2007 Brandan Wright F, C 2008 Tyler Hansbrough F, C 2008 Wayne Ellington G 2009 Danny Green G, F 2009 Tyler Hansbrough F, C 2009 Ty Lawson G 2011 Harrison Barnes F 2011 John Henson F 2011 Kendall Marshall G 2011 Tyler Zeller F, C 2012 Harrison Barnes F 2012 John Henson F 2012 Kendall Marshall G 2012 Tyler Zeller F, C 2013 Reggie Bullock G 2013 James Michael McAdoo F 2014 James Michael McAdoo F 2014 Marcus Paige G 2015 Marcus Paige G 2015 Brice Johnson F 2016 Brice Johnson F 2017 Justin Jackson F/G 2017 Joel Berry II G 2018 Joel Berry II G 2018 Luke Maye F 2019 Cameron Johnson F 2019 Luke Maye F 2019 Coby White G 2020 Cole Anthony G 2020 Garrison Brooks F 2021 Armando Bacot C/F 2022 Armando Bacot C/F 2023 Armando Bacot C/F 2024 Armando Bacot C/F 2024 R. J. Davis G 2024 Harrison Ingram F

Dick Grubar was named to the Second-team All-ACC squad in 1969. George Karl was named to a First-team All-ACC team once in his time at North Carolina. Brad Daugherty was twice named to a First-team All-ACC team.

All-Southern Conference

Year Player name Position 1922 Cartwright Carmichael C 1922 Monk McDonald G 1923 Cartwright Carmichael C 1924 Cartwright Carmichael C 1924 Jack Cobb F 1924 Bill Dodderer C 1924 Monk McDonald G 1925 Jack Cobb F 1925 Bill Dodderer C 1926 Jack Cobb F 1926 Bill Dodderer C 1926 Artie Newcombe C

Year Player name Position 1932 Tom Alexander G 1932 Virgil Weathers F 1934 Jim McCachren G 1935 Stewart Aitken F 1935 Ivan Glace C 1935 Jim McCachren G 1936 Jim McCachren G 1937 Earl Ruth G 1940 George Glamack F, C 1941 George Glamack F, C 1941 Bob Rose C

Year Player name Position 1942 Bob Rose C 1944 Boyce Box F 1944 Bernie Mock C 1945 Manny Alvarez G 1945 Jim Jordan G 1946 John Dillon F 1947 Jim White G 1947 Bob Paxton F 1948 Bob Paxton F 1949 Coy Carson F 1949 Hugo Kappler F

Earl Ruth was named to the All-Southern conference team in 1937.

Award Recipients

Ty Lawson won the Bob Cousy Award and the ACC Player of the Year during his career at North Carolina.

Point guard Kendall Marshall won the Bob Cousy Award for the 2011–12 season.

Various organizations bestow awards recognizing the best player overall or at a specific position, and some of these annual awards are considered highly prestigious honors. In 1926, forward Jack Cobb was named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year, the most outstanding intercollegiate men's basketball player in the United States. George Glamack won the Helms award for player of the year for two consecutive years, in 1940 and 1941. In 1957, the Helms Foundation bestowed its player of the year award to Lennie Rosenbluth. Guard Phil Ford won four National Player of Year awards for his efforts during the 1987–88 season. Upon the conclusion of the 1982 NCAA tournament, Tar Heel James Worthy was named NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player (NCAA MOP) for his efforts during the tournament that year. In 1983, Sporting News awarded its player of the year award to Michael Jordan. The following year, Jordan swept all the National Player of Year awards. After the 1993 NCAA tournament, guard Donald Williams was named the NCAA MOP. In 1998, Antawn Jamison was consensus National Player of Year after he won all the National Player of Year awards. In 2005, point guard Raymond Felton won the Bob Cousy Award, for the nation's best point guard. After the 2005 NCAA tournament's conclusion, Sean May was named NCAA MOP. That same year, Marvin Williams was named the National Freshman of the Year by the USBWA. ^[8] The succeeding year, Tyler Hansbrough won the same award. Two years later, in 2008, Hansbrough was swept all the National Player of Year awards. In 2009, Ty Lawson won the Bob Cousy award for his efforts at the point guard position in the 2008–09 season. Hansbrough won the Senior CLASS Award which is given each year to the outstanding senior NCAA Division I Student-Athlete of the Year in men's basketball. After completing the 2009 NCAA tournament, guard Wayne Ellington was named NCAA MOP. Center and forward Tyler Zeller won the Academic All-America of the Year award in 2012. Also in 2012, Kendall Marshall won the Bob Cousy award.

Since North Carolina joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953, fourteen Tar Heels have been named ACC Player of the Year fifteen times. ^[9] The only Tar Heel to repeat as winner of ACC Player of the Year was Larry Miller in 1967 and 1968. ^[9] The ACC Rookie of the Year title was first awarded during the 1976 season and since its creation nine North Carolina players have won the award, with the most recent being Harrison Barnes in 2011. ^[9] Nine North Carolina basketball players have won the Anthony J. McKevlin Award for the ACC's male athlete of the year ten times. ^[9] The lone Tar Heel to win the award twice was Phil Ford in 1977 and 1978. ^[9]

After his national championship-winning season in 1957, Frank McGuire received Coach of the Year honors from the UPI and the ACC. Dean Smith won the ACC Coach of the Year eight times before retiring. Smith also won coach of the year from the NABC in 1977 for leading the Tar Heels to the National Championship Game and from the NABC in 1993 after he helped coach the Tar Heels to a national championship victory. In 1998 Bill Guthridge won the Coach of the Year awards for the Naismith, NABC, and ACC. Matt Doherty won the AP Coach of the Year award in 2001. The Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky presented its Coach of the Year award, the Adolph Rupp Cup, to Roy Williams in 2006 for leading the Tar Heels to the NCAA Tournament after much of the roster due to graduation or for the NBA draft.

Players

National Awards	Recipient(s) and year received
Naismith College Player of the Year [10]	Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
John R. Wooden Award [10]	Phil Ford (1978); Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
Adolph Rupp Trophy [10]	Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year [10]	Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
NABC Player of the Year [10]	Phil Ford (1978); Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
Oscar Robertson Trophy [10]	Phil Ford (1978); Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year [10]	Jack Cobb (1926); George Glamack (1940, 1941); Lennie Rosenbluth (1957)
Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year [10]	Phil Ford (1978); Michael Jordan (1983, 1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year [10]	Michael Jordan (1984)
Academic All-America of the Year [11]	Tyler Zeller (2012)
Bob Cousy Award [12]	Raymond Felton (2005); Ty Lawson (2009); Kendall Marshall (2012)
Senior CLASS Award	Tyler Hansbrough (2009), Luke Maye (2019)
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player	James Worthy (1982); Donald Williams (1993); Sean May (2005); Wayne Ellington (2009); Joel Berry (2017)
USBWA National Freshman of the Year [8]	Marvin Williams (2005); Tyler Hansbrough (2006)
Conference Awards	Recipient(s) and year received
ACC Player of the Year [12]	Lennie Rosenbluth (1957); Pete Brennan (1958); Lee Shaffer (1960); Billy Cunningham (1965); Larry Miller (1967, 1968); Mitch Kupchak (1976); Phil Ford (1978); Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Joseph Forte (2001); Tyler Hansbrough (2008); Ty Lawson (2009); Tyler Zeller (2012); Justin Jackson (2017); R. J. Davis (2024)
ACC Rookie of the Year [9]	Sam Perkins (1981); Michael Jordan (1982); J.R. Reid (1987); Ed Cota (1997); Joseph Forte (2000); Marvin Williams (2005); Tyler Hansbrough (2006); Brandan Wright (2007); Harrison Barnes (2011)
Anthony J. McKevlin Award [9]	Lennie Rosenbluth (1957); Larry Miller (1967); Charlie Scott (1970); Phil Ford (1977, 1978); James Worthy (1982); Michael Jordan (1984); Antawn Jamison (1998); Sean May (2005); Tyler Hansbrough (2008)

Coaches

Coach of the Year Awards and Recipients ^{[8] [6]}

"Coach of the Year"	Recipient(s) and year received
Naismith	Dean Smith (1993); Bill Guthridge (1998)
AP	Matt Doherty (2001)
UPI	Frank McGuire (1957)
Adolph Rupp	Roy Williams (2006)
NABC	Dean Smith (1977); Bill Guthridge (1998)
ACC	Frank McGuire (1957); Dean Smith (1967, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993); Bill Guthridge (1998); Roy Williams (2006, 2011)

Hall of Fame inductees

The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame has commemorated many of the sport's most outstanding and most innovative personalities. Among them are four former North Carolina players and five former North Carolina head coaches. ^[13]

College Basketball Hall of Fame

Key
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ^
For a guide to the abbreviations used, see the glossary.

Players inducted [10] Inducted Player Position At UNC 1986 Billy Cunningham F, C 1962–1965 2000 Bob McAdoo F, C 1971–72 2003 James Worthy F 1979–1982 2009 Michael Jordan G 1981–1984 2012 Phil Ford G 1974–1978 2018 Charlie Scott G 1967–1970 2018 Sam Perkins F, C 1980–1984 2019 Bobby Jones F 1971–1974 [upper-alpha 1] 2020 Antawn Jamison F 1995–1998 2022 Larry Miller F 1965–1968 2023 Tyler Hansbrough F,C 2005–2009 2024 Vince Carter G 1995–1998 [upper-alpha 2]

Coaches inducted [10] Inducted Coach At UNC 2002 Larry Brown 1965–1967 1970 Ben Carnevale 1944–1946 1977 Frank McGuire 1952–1961 1983 Dean Smith 1958–1997 2007 Roy Williams 1978–1988, 2003–2021

1. Bobby Jones was inducted into the Naismath Hall of Fame in 2019, but has not been inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame
2. Vince Carter was inducted into the Naismath Hall of Fame in 2024, but has not been inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame

Glossary

Abbreviations
Positions			Selectors
G	Guard		ABA	ABAUSA	AP	Associated Press	AW	American Weekly	BA	Basketball America
F	Forward		BN	Basketball News	BT	Basketball Times	BW	Basketball Weekly	CBS	CBS
C	Center		CBSS	CBS Sportline	CNVR	Converse	COL	Collier's Weekly	CP	Central Press Association
			ESPN	ESPN	FOX	FOX	HLMS	Helms Foundation	INS	International News Service
			JW	John Wooden Team	NABC	National Association of Basketball Coaches	NAIS	Naismith	NBACO	NBA Coaches
			NEA	Newspaper Enterprise Association	RA	Rupp Award	SI	Sports Illustrated	TSN	The Sporting News
			UP	United Press	UPI	United Press International	USBWA	United States Basketball Writers Association

References

Citations

1. All-American, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Info Please Database, 1997, retrieved June 17, 2009.
2. Ted Gangi, FW All-America since 1944 (PDF), Football Writers Association of America, retrieved January 9, 2008.
3. SI.com's 2008 College Football All-Americans, Sports Illustrated , December 15, 2008, retrieved June 17, 2009.
4. "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies (updated September 2, 2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
5. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. pp. 190–1. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
6. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. p. 192. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
7. "Three Cavaliers Named to 50th Anniversary ACC Men's Basketball Team - VIRGINIASPORTS.COM - the University of Virginia Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
8. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. p. 191. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
9. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. p. 193. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
10. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. p. 190. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
11. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. p. 194. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
12. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. p. 93. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
13. "Carolina – 2017–18 Tar Heel Basketball" (PDF). UNC Athletic Communications office. pp. 90–1. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.