2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team


The 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they lost to Rutgers.

Coaching staff

North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his third year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2014 season. Seth Littrell was hired to be the team's assistant head coach for offense and tight ends coach. Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach. Larry Porter was hired to coach running backs and previously coached running backs at Arizona State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma State, among other schools, before spending the 2013 season at Texas. He also was the head coach at Memphis in 2010 and 2011.
NamePositionSeasons at North Carolina
Larry FedoraHead Coach3rd
Gunter BrewerCo-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers3rd
Chris KapilovicCo-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line1st
Seth LittrellAssistant Head Coach for Offense/Tight Ends1st
Keith HeckendorfQuarterbacks1st
Dan DischCo-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks3rd
Keith GilmoreDefensive Line2nd
Lou HernandezStrength and Conditioning Coordinator3rd
Vic KoenningAssociate Head Coach for Defense/Safeties3rd
Ron WestCo-defensive coordinator/Linebackers2nd
Caleb PressleySupervisor of Morale1st

Schedule

Game summaries

Liberty

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First Meeting

San Diego State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01998UNC 20–13

East Carolina

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–3–12013ECU 55–31

Clemson

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–35–12011CLEM 59–38

Virginia Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–19–62013VT 27–17

Notre Dame

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–162008UNC 29–24

Georgia Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–28–32013GT 28–20

Virginia

Overall recordLast meetingResult
60–54–42013UNC 45–14

Miami (FL)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–82013UM 27–23

Pittsburgh

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–32013UNC 34–27

Duke

Overall recordLast meetingResult
56–37–52013DUKE 27–25

NC State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
65–32–62013UNC 27–19

Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–42011UNC 24–22

Rankings