North Carolina Tar Heels

"Carolina Tar Heels" redirects here. For the 1920s string band, see The Carolina Tar Heels.

North Carolina Tar Heels
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UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ConferenceACC
NCAADivision I (FBS)
Athletic directorBubba Cunningham
LocationChapel Hill, North Carolina
Varsity teams28
Football stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Basketball arenaDean E. Smith Student Activities Center (men)
Carmichael Arena (women)
Baseball stadiumBryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
Soccer stadiumDorrance Field
Other venuesWilliam D. Carmichael Jr. Arena
MascotRameses
NicknameTar Heels
Fight songI'm a Tar Heel Born
Here Comes Carolina
ColorsCarolina blue and white[1]
   
Websitegoheels.com
Atlantic Coast Conference logo in North Carolina's colors

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 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.[2] 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.[3]

The mascot of 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.[4]

Carolina has won 50 NCAA Division I team national championships in eight different sports, eighth all-time, and 52 individual national championships.

  1. ^ "Primary Identity" (PDF). Carolina Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines. April 20, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "University of North Carolina". NCAA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  3. ^ The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica (October 24, 1945). "University of North Carolina | university system, North Carolina, United States". Britannica.com. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "The Ram as Mascot". GoHeels.com. July 15, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2020.