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App State, Charlotte and East Carolina have all hired new football coaches within the past month. Meanwhile, the most high-profile opening in the state — at UNC-Chapel Hill — remains open while rumors of Bill Belichick swirl.

In a statement released Tuesday, Tar Heels' athletic director Bubba Cunningham said that Brown — the most winningest football coach in UNC history — will not return next season.

NCAA President Charlie Baker recently posted a statement urging lawmakers to ban collegiate-level prop betting, where bets are based on the individual accomplishments of individual players. In the statement, he mentioned his concern over prop betting’s effect on the integrity of games and athlete harassment.

The 21st-ranked Tar Heels are picked to finish third in the league. Getting near the top of new division-less league will require a step forward defensively.

UNC visits Wake Forest on Saturday night in the renewal of a long-running series that has included wild comebacks and video-game scores the past two seasons. This time, the Tar Heels (8-1, 5-0 ACC) arrive with a 5-0 record in road games after going 0-5 last year and can clinch the league's Coastal Division title.

As the landscape in college sports shifts, the ACC shouldn’t have to worry about its schools leaving, but as the revenue gap between it and other conferences will only grow wider, anxiety about being left behind figures to build among its member institutions.

Tenth-ranked North Carolina faces big expectations in Year 3 of Mack Brown's second stint coaching the Tar Heels. UNC is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division. The Tar Heels also have a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback in Sam Howell.

It’s been so long since No. 12 North Carolina played its last game that it almost feels like a new season to coach Mack Brown.Three weeks after starting…

North Carolina coach Mack Brown hasn’t tried to dismiss the high expectations that are following his 18th-ranked Tar Heels entering Saturday’s…

North Carolina says football coach Mack Brown has had his right knee replaced by one of his former players.Team spokesman Jeremy Sharpe said Tuesday that…