Head Coach: Everett Withers (1st season)
Stadium: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC
Record: 7-6 (3-5 ACC)
Previous: 2010
Next: 2012
Schedule/Results[]
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/3 | James Madison | W | 42-10 | 1-0 |
| 9/10 | Rutgers | W | 24-22 | 2-0 |
| 9/17 | Virginia | W | 28-17 | 3-0 (1-0) |
| 9/24 | @ Georgia Tech | L | 28-35 | 3-1 (1-1) |
| 10/1 | @ East Carolina | W | 35-20 | 4-1 (1-1) |
| 10/8 | Louisville | W | 14-7 | 5-1 (1-1) |
| 10/15 | Miami | L | 24-30 | 5-2 (1-2) |
| 10/22 | @ Clemson | L | 38-59 | 5-3 (1-3) |
| 10/29 | Wake Forest | W | 49-24 | 6-3 (2-3) |
| 11/5 | @ North Carolina State | L | 0-13 | 6-4 (2-4) |
| 11/17 | @ Virginia Tech | L | 21-24 | 6-5 (2-5) |
| 11/26 | Duke | W | 37-21 | 7-5 (3-5) |
| Independence Bowl (@ Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA) | ||||
| 12/26 (Mon) | Missouri | L | 24-41 | 7-6 (3-5) |
NCAA Investigation[]
On July 27, 2011, UNC chancellor Holden Thorp announced that the UNC Board of Trustees decided to dismiss Butch Davis as the head coach of the football team. The announcement came a week before the start of fall training camp. The firing is due to the investigations by the NCAA into academic fraud, impermissible benefits, and talking to agents in the 2010 season. The next day on July 28th, Everett Withers, the defensive coordinator of the past 3 years, was named as the interim head coach. On the same day, athletic director Dick Baddour also announced that he would be stepping down from his role once a new athletic director is found for the university. Baddour added that he wanted the new athletic director to be in charge of hiring the university's next head football coach.