2012 North Carolina Tar Heels football team


The 2012 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Larry Fedora, played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium, and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Coastal Division.

Sanctions from scandal

On March 12, 2012, the university was notified of penalties issued by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for violations discovered in the 2010 season. North Carolina was banned from all postseason play in 2012, including bowl games and the ACC Championship Game. Also, UNC was placed probation for 3 years and lost 5 scholarships per season for 3 seasons beginning with the recruiting class of 2013.

Recruiting

was on February 1, 2012 and was the first chance for high school seniors to officially declare which university or college they will be attending for their college career. North Carolina had 23 high school seniors sign a National Letter of Intent to play football with them. Terrance Knox and Shakeel Rashad both graduated from high school early and enrolled at UNC in January 2012.

Coaching staff

New football coach Larry Fedora officially took over as the head coach at UNC on January 1, 2012. He signed a 7-year contract worth more than $1.7 million annually. He takes over a team that is banned from a bowl game for the 2012–13 season.
Name.PositionSeasons in Position
Larry FedoraHead Coach1st
Deke AdamsDefensive Line1st
Blake AndersonOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks1st
Walt BellTight Ends1st
Gunter BrewerPassing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers1st
Dan DischDefensive Coordinator1st
David DugganDefensive Assistant/Special Teams Coordinator1st
Randy JordanRunning Backs Coach1st
Chris KapilovicRun Game Coordinator/Offensive Line1st
Vic KoenningAssociate Head Coach for Defense1st
Lou HernandezStrength and Conditioning Coordinator1st

Schedule

Do not play: Boston College, Florida State, and Clemson.

Game summaries

Elon

North Carolina started a new era under head coach Larry Fedora with the first shutout since beating Duke 38–0 to finish the 1999 season. The last time UNC scored 62 points was in the 1995 season against Ohio, which is only 3 points shy of the school record. Giovani Bernard scored 3 touchdowns, all before sitting out the entire second half of the game. Carolina also completed passes to 14 different receivers, including one reception by quarterback Bryn Renner. The Tar Heels also set a school and ACC record with 260 punt return yards during the game.

Wake Forest

Louisville

East Carolina

Idaho

Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

Duke

NC State

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Georgia Tech

Virginia

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