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52-467: The first season included a visit by then defending NCAA national champion North Carolina Tar Heels , a team which included Michael Jordan , Brad Daugherty , and Sam Perkins . The arena hosted the 2005, 2009, and 2011 men's Southern Conference basketball tournament and the 2005, 2009, and 2011 women's tournament championship game. In addition to basketball, the arena has hosted many ice shows, rodeos, circuses, truck rallies, and wrestling events. The arena

104-552: A 1998 ACC champion and Most Outstanding Wrestler, who went on to become a successful wrestler on the international stage, where he was as high as second on the United States Olympic latter. Fisher also went on to become a successful coach for multiple Division I wrestling programs including Iowa State and Stanford. Also, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) on

156-636: A high level and making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022. The 2022 team reached the NCAA tournament round of sixteen for the first time since 2015, where the Tar Heels gave eventual national champion South Carolina their closest game of the tournament. Karen Shelton led the Carolina field hockey program for 42 years prior to her retirement following the 2022 season. She won 10 NCAA national championships and 25 ACC titles, both records for

208-563: A museum for sporting artifacts as well as the Helms Hall of Fame. Following the death of Paul Helms in 1957 and the eventual closure of Helms Bakery in 1969, Schroeder sought new benefactors. The organization continued under a series of new sponsors as the United Savings–Helms Athletic Foundation , Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation , and First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation . Schroeder died in 1987. Under

260-495: A rented office in downtown Los Angeles . As the organization's only employee, he issued frequent announcements of the selections he made for the Helms Athletic Foundation's various and numerous awards. The organization dedicated Helms Hall in 1948. The purpose-built building adjacent to Helms Bakery near Culver City housed a museum for the sports artifacts originally collected by Schroeder, as well as

312-818: A run at the Final Four in 2016. The Most Notable Alumna being Naya Tapper , Current captain and all time leading scorer for U.S. National Rugby Sevens. Other Notable Alumni of UNC Women's Rugby include All-American Emily Pratt (Second team 2003, First team 2006), All-American Kira Cervenka (First team 2004-5), All-American and US 7s National player Katie Lorenz (Second team 2010, 2011), All-American and professional US 15s National player Kimber Rozier (First team 2011), and All-American and US 7s National player Naya Tapper (2015, 2016). Past distinguished players include U20 National team winger Holly Zoeller (2010–11) and U23 South All-Stars Jessica Meidinger (2011) and Carrie Moss (2010-11). Alumni Kimber Rozier and Naya Taper have played on

364-686: A wrestling scholarship. In college he was an undefeated ACC wrestling champion. The Tar Heel wrestling program has won 17 total ACC championships: 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2006. UNC's best finish at the NCAA tournament was 5th in 1982. They also took 6th in 1995. Carmichael Arena is currently the home to the Tar Heels Wrestling team, located centrally on campus. Head Coaches - Thomas Revelle, Emilie Gross Founded 1997/98 season Carolina also fields non varsity sports teams. Other national championship victories include

416-463: Is also home to UTC's department of intercollegiate athletics. The arena also hosted the 2006 TSSAA State Wrestling tournament. The arena can also accommodate concerts , with a 64-by-48-foot (20 by 15 m) stage and capacities of 7,463 for side-stage shows, 9,107 end-stage and 11,557 center-stage shows; ice shows, circuses and even monster truck rallies (arena floor dimensions are 151'6" by 181'9"). The arena hosted WCW Halloween Havoc in 1991 and

468-678: Is known as one of the greatest college wrestlers of all time as he is the first and only ACC wrestler to win three NCAA titles in addition to winning the inaugural Dan Hodge Trophy, given to college wrestling's most dominant wrestler. UNC wrestling All-Americans include: C.D. Mock, Dave Cook, Jan Michaels, Bob Monaghan, Mike Elinsky, Rob Koll, Bobby Shriner, Tad Wilson, Al Palacio, Lenny Bernstein, Doug Wyland, Enzo Catullo, Pete Welch, Shane Camera, Jody Staylor, Marc Taylor, Stan Banks, Justin Harty, Evan Sola, Chris Rodrigues, Evan Henderson, Ethan Ramos, and Joey Ward. Other notable alumni include C.C. Fisher,

520-511: Is one of the few remaining Division I schools to sponsor a junior varsity basketball team. The JV Tar Heels play games against community colleges and preparatory schools. Current varsity head coach Hubert Davis coached the JV team for several seasons, and Roy Williams also served a stint as JV head coach when he was an assistant under Dean Smith. Under legendary coach Sylvia Hatchell , North Carolina women's basketball had many successful seasons. Perhaps

572-565: The 1924 . This championship was awarded by the Helms Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll . Under coach Frank McGuire , the Tar Heels won one national championship in 1957. The 1956-57 team went undefeated on their way to the school's first NCAA tournament championship. After struggling early in his tenure, Smith entrenched the Tar Heels as a basketball powerhouse over his 36 years as head coach. At

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624-463: The Callahan Award , a collegiate MVP award determined by a vote of their peers. Callahan winners include Leila Tunnell (2011), Jonathan Nethercutt (2015), Matt Goechoe-Hanas (2019), Anne Worth (2020), and Dawn Culton (2022). North Carolina has won 50 NCAA team national championships. Other national championship game appearances Below are 27 team national titles that were not bestowed by

676-569: The Diamond Heels , Carolina's baseball team has appeared in the College World Series eleven times. They have reached the championship series twice ( 2006 and 2007 ), losing to Oregon State on both occasions. Carolina has enjoyed long success as one of the top college basketball programs in the country. The program claims 7 national championship teams, six NCAA National Championships and one retroactive championship, for

728-612: The Pacific Coast League , basketball, fencing , golf , tennis , swimming , auto racing , track and field , and soaring . After Paul Helms' death in 1957, his family continued supporting the organization until 1969, when the bakeries went out of business. Schroeder found a new benefactor in United Savings & Loan, and the organization's name became United Savings–Helms Athletic Foundation . United merged with Citizens Savings & Loan in 1973, when

780-563: The Pro Football Hall of Fame here on August 4, 2018. This Tennessee sports venue-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . North Carolina Tar Heels The North Carolina Tar Heels (also Carolina Tar Heels ) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from

832-659: The Southern California Player of the Month and Year, national championships in college basketball and college football, Rose Bowl Player of the Game , Coach of the Year, Pacific Coast football player of the year , and other such awards for athletic achievement. Schroeder described himself in 1967 as a "committee of one" in selecting the championship teams. The organization dedicated Helms Hall in 1948, which housed

884-417: The University of Rhode Island , the University of Richmond , and Brown University (see [1] ). Another popular song is Here Comes Carolina . As its title implies, it is most commonly played when a Tar Heel team enters the field of play. Traditionally, the band plays a version of the traditional orchestral warmup tune before launching into the song when the first player charges out of the tunnel. During

936-426: The Helms Hall of Fame. Schroeder selected the organization's national champion teams and made All-America team selections in a number of college sports , including football and basketball . The Helms Foundation also operated a hall of fame for both college basketball and college football. Besides collegiate athletics, the organization operated halls of fame for professional football , Major League Baseball ,

988-521: The NCAA Tournament winners as the national champion. After he began making annual picks in 1943, he selected the NCAA Tournament winner in every year except 1944 (when he picked undefeated Army , which won neither tournament) and 1954 (when he picked undefeated Kentucky , which won neither tournament). Thus, through the final Helms selection in 1982, NCAA Tournament winners Oregon (1939), Indiana (1940), Utah (1944), and La Salle (1954) were

1040-615: The NCAA: Carolina's most heated rivalries are with its Tobacco Road counterparts Duke , North Carolina State , and Wake Forest . In recent years, the Carolina-Duke basketball series has attracted the most attention. HBO even made a documentary in 2009 called "Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina". The Tar Heels also have a rivalry with Virginia in college football, known as the South's Oldest Rivalry . UNC and UVA are

1092-454: The Tar Heels is Rameses , a Dorset Ram . It is represented as either a live Dorset sheep with its horns painted Carolina Blue , or as a costumed character performed by a volunteer from the student body, usually an undergraduate student associated with the cheerleading team . Carolina has won 50 NCAA Division I team national championships in eight different sports, eighth all-time , and 52 individual national championships. Also nicknamed

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1144-723: The Tar Heels were a consistent top 25 NCAA team. Lam led the Tar Heels to 15 ACC tournament titles in addition to being named ACC coach of the year 10 times. Following the Lam era, Mock was named ACC Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2006 in addition to claiming two ACC team titles. In 2015, Olympic bronze medalist and Oklahoma State University graduate Coleman Scott became the team's head wrestling coach. The Tar Heel wrestling program boasts many ACC champions, All-Americans, and has 4 individual NCAA champions, with 7 championships amongst them: C.D. Mock (1982), Rob Koll (1988), T.J. Jaworsky (1993, 1994, 1995), and Austin O'Connor (2021, 2023). Jaworsky

1196-717: The USA Nationals 15s Team, with Tapper being the All-Time leading scorer for the U.S. Women's Sevens team having competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. North Carolina’s Ultimate (sport) teams compete nationally in USA Ultimate ’s College division. The men’s team, Darkside, won national championships in 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The women's team, Pleiades, became the first team to win four consecutive collegiate national championships in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Individuals on both Darkside and Pleiades have won

1248-628: The Year. In 2023, Fiona Crawley was named the Honda Sport Award winner for tennis. The men's golf team has won 14 conference championships: Two Tar Heels have won the NCAA individual championship , Harvie Ward in 1949 and John Inman in 1984. Ward also won the British Amateur in 1952 and the U.S. Amateur in 1955 and 1956. The team's best finish was second place in 1953 and 1991. Tar Heel golfers who have had success at

1300-409: The college basketball champions for the 1900–1901 through 1918–19 seasons. The retroactive Helms national championships from 1900–01 through 1941–42 were the opinions of one person about teams that played during an era when, due to factors outside their control (e.g., minimal schedules, lack of intersectional play, differing rule interpretations, minimal statistics), it is difficult to know or assess

1352-474: The current version of the sheet music for "Hark the Sound" includes the "I'm a Tar Heel Born" tag as an integral part of the alma mater and credits the full song to William Starr Myers with a date of 1897. Today, the song is almost always played immediately after the singing of "Hark The Sound", even during more formal occasions such as convocation and commencement . Just before home football and basketball games,

1404-576: The direction of Peter Ueberroth the Helms Athletic Foundation collection, library, and archives were absorbed into the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles , later renamed the LA84 Foundation . Schroeder brought to the partnership a large personal collection of sports memorabilia. He sought a corporate sponsor to finance a hall of fame to house his collection and to present awards to local athletes. The idea

1456-647: The first freshman in close to 30 years to win both the Riviera/ ITA Women's All-American Championship (making her the NCAA Women's Singles Tennis National Champion) and the USTA /ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship. She was also the first singles national champion in UNC women's tennis history. In both her freshman and her sophomore seasons she was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of

1508-440: The first half of the 20th century. From the late 1980s onward, the "unofficial" final lyrics have been "Go to hell, Duke!"; reflecting Duke eclipsing State as Carolina's main rival. However, “Rah, rah, rah!” is still sung by older fans. Simply known as "Tag" by many Marching Tar Heel alumni, and titled as such on some recorded albums , "I'm a Tar Heel Born" has been adopted by at least three other colleges for their use, including

1560-583: The hall, but he received a "special award" for his "contribution to professional football in Los Angeles" during the 1950 inaugural class ceremony. The Helms World Trophy , originally known as the Helms Award and also referred to as the Helms Trophy, was an annual sporting award established by the Helms Athletic Foundation from 1939 to honor the foremost amateur athlete of each continent of

1612-424: The most successful season came in 1993-94, when Hatchell's Tar Heels won the NCAA national championship. Following several seasons of downturn, Hatchell resigned after the 2018-19 season. Coach Hatchell was replaced by Courtney Banghart , who immediately began to rebuild the program. In her four seasons as head coach, Banghart has begun to raise the standards of the program back to the national level by recruiting at

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1664-470: The national champion for each year from the 1919–20 through 1941–42 seasons. Later in 1943, Schroeder picked a national basketball champion for the 1942–43 season , and he continued to select national basketball champions for the Helms Foundation annually through the 1981–82 season , its final year of selections. In 1957, the Helms Foundation also released Schroeder's retroactive picks for

1716-687: The only NCAA champions that were not also Helms champions. Some schools claim a Helms selection as a national championship. The NCAA recognizes the Helms Athletic Foundation as a "major selector" of college football national championships in their official records book. The champions for 1883 through 1941 were published in August 1942. Helms Athletic Foundation selected players, coaches and administrators from 1950 through 1960 to its pro football hall of fame. Contrary to other halls of fame, some members were selected during their active playing/coaching careers. Dan Reeves wasn't inducted to

1768-1055: The organization became the Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation . It was again renamed in 1982 when First Interstate Bank assumed sponsorship, and it became the First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation . When the Helms Foundation dissolved, its historical holdings were absorbed into the collection of the Amateur Athletic Foundation, renamed the LA84 Foundation in 2007. The champions from 1900–01 through 1918–19 were selected retroactively in 1957. Those from 1919–20 through 1941–42 were selected retroactively in 1943. The Helms Foundation began releasing Schroeder's national championship selections for college basketball in 1943, when in February 1943 it published his retroactive picks for

1820-645: The passer," where the player who scores a basket thanks his teammate for the assist. In 2003, Roy Williams , an assistant under Smith from 1978 to 1988 and the head coach of Kansas , returned to his alma mater. In Williams' second season as head coach, the Tar Heels won the 2005 NCAA national championship. Williams would go on to win two more national titles (2009 and 2017) in his 18 seasons as Tar Heel head coach. Williams passed his mentor Smith's 879 win total, finishing his career with 903 wins, 485 of which came in Chapel Hill. Williams retired on April 1, 2021, and

1872-480: The professional level include Davis Love III (20 PGA Tour wins including 1997 PGA Championship ) and Mark Wilson (five PGA Tour wins). Following Coach Sam Barnes who built the modern wrestling program at UNC (1953–1971), Head coach Bill Lam led the Tar Heel wrestling program for 30 years until his retirement in 2002, where his former wrestler and 1982 NCAA Champion, C.D. Mock , became his replacement. Under Lam,

1924-533: The relative strength of the teams. The National Invitation Tournament began play in 1938 and the NCAA tournament in 1939 ; until at the least the mid-1950s, the NIT was widely considered the more prestigious of the two. When Schroeder made his first set of retroactive championship picks in February 1943, he chose the NIT winner as the national champion for 1938 and 1939; for 1940, he chose USC (which won neither tournament that year); and for 1941 and 1942 he chose

1976-490: The song is played by the Bell Tower near the center of campus, and is often played after major victories. As it appears in its 1907 printed form, the final words of the song are "Rah-rah, Carolina-lina, rah-rah-rah, Carolina-Lina, rah-rah, Carolina-lina! Rah, rah, rah!" Starting in the 1960s, however, "Rah, rah, rah!" was "unofficially" replaced with "Go to hell, State!"; NC State was UNC's main athletic rival for much of

2028-531: The song's melody come from an old revival song, " Jesus Loves the Little Children ". Notable graduates from the athletic programs include Michael Jordan from men's basketball, Mia Hamm from women's soccer, Charlie Justice from American football , Davis Love III from golf, B.J. Surhoff from baseball and Marion Jones from women's basketball and track & field. Helms Athletic Foundation The Helms Athletic Foundation , founded in 1936,

2080-554: The sport. Shelton was replaced by former star player Erin Matson , who herself was a member of four of UNC's national championship teams (2018–2020, 2022), and is the only athlete to win the ACC's player of the year award five times. In Matson's first season in 2023, she led the Tar Heels to their 11th national title, becoming the youngest head coach ever to win a Division I national title in any sport (at age 23). Anson Dorrance has coached

2132-638: The state of North Carolina , the Tar Heel State . The campus at Chapel Hill is referred to as the University of North Carolina for the purposes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Since the school fostered the oldest collegiate team in the Carolinas, the school took on the nickname Carolina , especially in athletics. The Tar Heels are also referred to as UNC or The Heels . The mascot of

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2184-514: The thirteenth WWF In Your House pay-per-view In Your House 13: Final Four in 1997. It also hosted Clash of the Champions IV , the first Clash of Champions event produced by WCW . World Wrestling Entertainment continues to hold matches at the arena. In 2011, Winter Guard International made its first trip to McKenzie for the first annual WGI MidSouth Percussion Championship. Terrell Owens also hosted his own induction ceremony into

2236-571: The time of his retirement, Smith's 879 wins set the record for the most wins of any men's college basketball head coach. Under Smith, the Tar Heels won two national championships, 13 ACC Tournament championships, and one NIT Championship . Smith is also credited with popularizing the four corners , which he employed until the introduction of the shot clock in college basketball. Smith is also credited with developing " The Carolina Way ," epitomized by his motto of "Play hard, play smart, play together," and by other team-oriented practices including "point to

2288-481: The two oldest schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Carolina's main fight song is I'm a Tar Heel Born . Its lyrics appear in the 1907 edition of the university's yearbook, the "Yackety Yack," although how long it existed before that is not known. Some say that it was in the late 1920s that it began to be sung as an add-on (or "tag") to the school's alma mater, " Hark The Sound ", although

2340-403: The warmup tune, fans stand and clap along. The effect is similar to that of a train coming down the track. From the early 1990s to around 2004 at basketball games, the band played the first seven notes of the song in different keys during player introductions, modulating a half step each time before launching into the song in the normal key after the final player was announced. The last part of

2392-478: The women's soccer team at Carolina since its inception in 1979. In his 46 years as head coach, Dorrance has won 38 ACC championships and 22 national championships on the way to over 1,000 victories as a head coach. In 2019, following the demolition of Fetzer Field , a new combination soccer and lacrosse stadium was opened on the same site, named Dorrance Field in his honor. Jamie Loeb attended UNC for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), during which she became

2444-717: The women's team handball team in 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011; and the men's handball team in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The men's crew won the 2004 ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta in the varsity eight category. In 1994, Carolina's athletic programs won the Sears Directors Cup which is awarded for cumulative performance in NCAA competition. North Carolina's Men's rugby team competes in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League against its traditional ACC rivals. North Carolina Men's Rugby finished second in its conference in 2010, led by conference co-player of

2496-483: The world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Although the Foundation was established in 1936, the awards date back to the 1896, the year of the first Summer Olympics . After the initial committee selection, amateur athletes were nominated by their own countries for consideration by the foundation. Winners were presented with a silver plaque and had their names added to

2548-733: The year Alex Lee. The North Carolina Men finished second at the Atlantic Coast Invitational in 2009 and again in 2010. North Carolina has also competed in the Collegiate Rugby Championship , finishing 11th in 2011 in a tournament broadcast live on NBC. The North Carolina Women's Rugby Team is a Division 1 team competing in the Blue Ridge Rugby Conference and has repeatedly competed at the National Level, including

2600-514: Was a Los Angeles -based organization dedicated to the promotion of athletics and sportsmanship . Paul H. Helms was the organization's founder and benefactor, funding the foundation via his ownership of Helms Bakery . Bill Schroeder founded the organization with Helms and served as its managing director. The men were united in a love of amateur athletic competition. The organization became well known for presenting awards and trophies for local, national, and international competition, naming

2652-428: Was replaced by assistant coach Hubert Davis. Davis, who played for Tar Heels from 1988-92 under Smith, also had a lengthy career as an NBA player, and spent several seasons as an analyst for ESPN before being hired by Williams as an assistant coach in 2012. He became the first African American head coach for UNC men's basketball, and led the team to its NCAA-record 21st final four in the 2021-22 season. North Carolina

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2704-509: Was taken seriously by Paul Helms, who was himself invested in athletics both personally and professionally. The bakery with which he made his fortune was a sponsor of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics , and "Helms Olympic Bread" continued to be associated with the competition. The organization was originally known as the Helms Olympic Athletic Foundation . In 1936, with Helms' backing, Schroeder set to work from

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