2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 6–5 overall and 3–5 in ACC play to tie for sixth place. Torbush was fired following the season.

2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike O'Cain (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorKen Browning (1st season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainAlge Crumpler, Ronald Curry, Sedrick Hodge, Brandon Spoon
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Florida State $   8 0     11 2  
No. 17 Georgia Tech   6 2     9 3  
No. 16 Clemson   6 2     9 3  
Virginia   5 3     6 6  
NC State   4 4     8 4  
North Carolina   3 5     6 5  
Maryland   3 5     5 6  
Wake Forest   1 7     2 9  
Duke   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.Tulsa*W 30–944,000
September 96:30 p.m.[1]at Wake ForestW 35–1430,087
September 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 Florida StateABCL 14–6379,287
September 236:00 p.m.Marshall*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 20–1553,000
September 303:30 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCL 28–4252,000
October 143:30 p.m.NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
ABCL 20–3859,000
October 215:30 p.m.No. 5 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2L 24–3855,000
October 2812:00 p.m.at VirginiaJPSL 6–1756,692
November 46:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*ESPN2W 20–1743,872
November 1112:00 p.m.Maryland 
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
JPSW 13–1040,000
November 1812:00 p.m.[2]at DukeJPSW 59–2124,673
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 1 Ronald Curry Jr
WR 8 Jamal Jones   Fr
TE 82 Alge Crumpler Sr
WR 88 Sam Aiken So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 27 Jason Horton So
LB 30 David Thornton Jr
LB 41 Quincy Monk Jr
LB 44 Brandon Spoon Sr
DE 49 Julius Peppers So
DT 87 Ryan Sims Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 92 Jeff Reed Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

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Name Position

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Seasons in Position
Carl Torbush Head coach 3rd
Gunter Brewer Wide Receivers 1st
Defensive tackles 1st
Ken Browning Tight Ends / 7th
Strength and conditioning coordinator 1st
Ron Case Defensive Backs / special teams coordinator 5th
Robbie Caldwell Offensive Line 1st
Defensive coordinator / Linebackers 1st
Darrell Moody Running backs/ recruiting coordinator 11th
Mike O'Cain Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks 1st
NA Defensive ends 1st

References

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  1. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on September 9, 2000 · 32 (newspapers.com)".
  2. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on November 18, 2000 · 38 (newspapers.com)".
  3. ^ "2000 Archive". University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Department of Athletics. June 1, 2001. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2008.