2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels will be led by head coach Mack Brown, in the second season of his second stint at UNC and his twelfth overall season. They will play their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium and compete as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (2nd season of 2nd stint, 12th overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Phil Longo (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jay Bateman (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Tommy Thigpen (2nd season as coordinator, 9th overall season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,500)

2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Boston College		0	–	0					0	–	0
Clemson		0	–	0					0	–	0
Duke		0	–	0					0	–	0
Florida State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisville		0	–	0					0	–	0
Miami		0	–	0					0	–	0
NC State		0	–	0					0	–	0
North Carolina		0	–	0					0	–	0
Notre Dame		0	–	0					0	–	0
Pittsburgh		0	–	0					0	–	0
Syracuse		0	–	0					0	–	0
Virginia		0	–	0					0	–	0
Virginia Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wake Forest		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 12 or 19, 2020
$ – Conference champion As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

North Carolina Tar Heels coaches
Mack Brown	Head coach	2nd
Phil Longo	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach	2nd
John Lilly	Tight end coach	1st
Stacy Searels	Offensive line coach	2nd
Lonnie Galloway	Wide receivers coach	2nd
Robert Gillespie	Running back coach	2nd
Jay Bateman	Defensive coordinator/Safeties coach	2nd
Tommy Thigpen	Associate Defensive Coordinator/Inside linebackers coach	3rd
Tim Cross	Defensive line coach	2nd
Jovan Dewitt	Special teams coordinator/Outside linebackers coach	1st
Dre Bly	Cornerbacks coach	2nd
Brian Hess	Strength and conditioning	2nd
Sparky Woods	Senior advisor to head coach	2nd
Darrell Moody	Senior advisor to head coach	2nd
Ken Browning	Senior advisor to head coach	2nd
Reference:[1]

Roster

2019 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Roster
Quarterback 6 Jacolby Criswell – Freshman (6'1, 225) 7 Sam Howell – Sophomore (6'1, 225) 10 Jace Ruder – Sophomore (6'3, 225) 14 Jefferson Boaz – Freshman (6'7, 245) Running Back 8 Michael Carter – Senior (5'9, 200) 21 Elijah Green – Freshman (5'11, 200) 23 Josh Henderson – Sophomore (6'0, 210) 25 Javonte Williams – Junior (5'10, 220) 26 D.J. Jones – Freshman (5'10, 190) 34 British Brooks – Junior (5'11, 205) Wide Receiver 0 Emery Simmons – Sophomore (6'0, 190) 1 Khafre Brown – Freshman (6'0, 180) 2 Dyami Brown – Junior (6'1, 190) 3 Antoine Green – Junior (6'2, 210) 4 Rontavious Groves – Senior (5'11, 185) 5 Dazz Newsome – Senior (5'11, 190) 9 Ray Rose – Freshman (6'1, 210) 11 Josh Downs – Freshman (5'10, 180) 12 Stephen Gosnell – Freshman (6'2, 185) 13 Tylee Craft – Freshman (6'4, 180) 15 Beau Corrales – Senior (6'4, 210) 83 Justin Olson – Freshman (6'2, 190) Placekicker 17 Grayson Atkins – Graduate (5'9, 185) 97 Jonathan Kim – Sophomore (6'0, 205) 97 Noah Ruggles – Junior (6'2, 185) Punter 91 Ben Kiernan – Sophomore (6'0, 205)		Tight End 81 Jon Copenhaver – Freshman (6'3, 220) 82 Kendall Karr – Freshman (6'3, 230) 84 Garrett Walston – Senior (6'4, 245) 88 Kamari Morales – Freshman (6'2, 250) Offensive Lineman 51 Wyatt Tunall – Freshman (6'6, 295) 52 Jonathan Adorno – Freshman (6'4, 300) 55 Ty Murray – Freshman (6'3, 325) 56 Billy Ross – Junior (6'5, 315) 57 Cayden Baker – Freshman (6'5, 285) 63 Ed Montilus – Sophomore (6'3, 310) 64 Malik McGowan – Freshman (6'3, 320) 66 Tobechi Nwokeji – Junior (6'4, 305) 67 Trey Zimmerman – Freshman (6'5, 290) 68 Brian Anderson – Junior (6'2, 300) 69 Quiron Johnson – Junior (6'1, 315) 71 Tristan Miller – Freshman (6'4, 290) 72 Asim Richards – Sophomore (6'4, 300) 73 Marcus McKeithan – Junior (6'7, 330) 74 Jordan Tucker – Junior (6'7, 335) 75 Joshua Ezeudu – Sophomore (6'4, 325) 76 William Barnes – Sophomore (6'4, 325) 77 Wisdom Asaboro – Freshman (6'8, 310) 79 Hunter Shope – Freshman (6'2, 290) Defensive Lineman 41 Kedrick Bingley-Jones – Freshman (6'4, 280) 51 Raymond Vohasek – Junior (6'3, 295) 52 Jahlil Taylor – Sophomore (6'0, 315) 54 A.J. Beatty – Freshman (6'4, 275) 55 Clyde Pinder – Freshman (6'0, 305) 56 Tomari Fox – Sophomore (6'2, 280) 58 Lancine Turay – Sophomore (6'5, 280) 88 Myles Murphy – Freshman (6'4, 285) 90 Xach Gill – Junior (6'4, 290) 93 Kristian Varner – Freshman (6'5, 295) 98 Kevin Hester – Freshman (6'4, 275)		Linebacker 7 Eugene Asante – Sophomore (6'1, 215) 8 Khadry Jackson – Sophomore (6'1, 225) 10 Desmond Evans – Freshman (6'5, 245) 12 Tomon Fox – Senior (6'3, 260) 17 Chris Collins. – Sophomore (6'4, 240) 21 Chazz Surratt – Senior (6'2, 230) 24 Ethan West – Freshman (6'3, 230) 25 Kaimon Rucker – Freshman (6'1, 250) 33 Cedric Gray – Freshman (6'1, 215) 42 Tyrone Hopper – Graduate (6'4, 250) 44 Jeremiah Gemmel – Junior (6'1, 228) 49 Parks Cochrane – Freshman (5'11, 230) Defensive Back 0 Ja'Qurious Conley – Freshman (6'1, 215) 1 Kyler McMichael – Sophomore (6'0, 200) 2 Bryce Watts – Junior (6'0, 170) 3 Cameron Roseman-Sinclair – Freshman (5'11, 195) 4 Trey Morrison – Junior (5'9, 190) 5 Patrice Rene – Senior (6'2, 205) 6 Bryson Richardson – Sophomore (6'0, 200) 9 Cam'Ron Kelly – Sophomore (6'1, 205) 11 Myles Woolfolk – Senior (5'11, 205) 13 Don Chapman – Sophomore (6'0, 185) 14 Welton Spottsville – Sophomore (5'11, 210) 15 DeAndre Hollins – Sophomore (6'1, 210) 16 D.J. Ford – Senior (6'3, 210) 20 Tony Grimes – Freshman (6'0, 180) 23 Jovan Terry – Sophomore (6'1, 200) 27 Giovanni Biggers – Sophomore (6'1, 185) 28 Obi Egbuna – Sophomore (5'10, 180) 29 Storm Duck – Sophomore (6'1, 200) Long Snappers 60 Trevor Collins – Senior (6'1, 235) 61 Drew Little – Sophomore (5'11, 225)
: 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Roster 08/11/20[2]

Schedule

North Carolina had games scheduled against Auburn, James Madison, UConn, and UCF, which were all cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12		Syracuse	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
September 19		Charlotte*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
October 3		at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA
October 10		Virginia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
October 17		at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL
October 24		NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
October 31		at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)
November 7		at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)
November 14		Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
November 27		Notre Dame	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
December 5		at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[5]

The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.[3]

Rankings

Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches	19
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

1. "2019 Football Coaching Staff". goheels.com. goheels. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
2. "2020 Football Roster". goheels.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
3. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
4. Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
5. "2020 North Carolina Football Schedule". goheels.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.