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.

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Quick Lane Bowl, L 21–40 vs. Rutgers
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
2014 record6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorGunter Brewer (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorChris Kapilovic (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Co-defensive coordinatorDan Disch (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRon West (2nd season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 63,000)
Uniform
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Atlantic Division
No. T–5 Florida State x$^  8 –0     13 –1  
No. 15 Clemson  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 24 Louisville  5 –3     9 –4  
Boston College  4 –4     7 –6  
NC State  3 –5     8 –5  
Syracuse  1 –7     3 –9  
Wake Forest  1 –7     3 –9  
Coastal Division
No. 8 Georgia Tech x  6 –2     11 –3  
Duke  5 –3     9 –4  
North Carolina  4 –4     6 –7  
Pittsburgh  4 –4     6 –7  
Miami  3 –5     6 –7  
Virginia Tech  3 –5     7 –6  
Virginia  3 –5     5 –7  
Championship: Florida State 37, Georgia Tech 35
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

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.[1] Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach.[2] 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.[2]

Coaches for the 2014 season[3]
Name Position Seasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora Head Coach 3rd
Gunter Brewer Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers 3rd (8th overall)
Chris Kapilovic Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line 1st (3rd overall)
Seth Littrell Assistant Head Coach for Offense/Tight Ends 1st
Keith Heckendorf Quarterbacks 1st
Dan Disch Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks 3rd
Keith Gilmore Defensive Line 2nd
Lou Hernandez Strength and Conditioning Coordinator 3rd
Vic Koenning Associate Head Coach for Defense/Safeties 3rd
Ron West Co-defensive coordinator/Linebackers 2nd
Caleb Pressley Supervisor of Morale 1st
2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 1 Khris Francis So
WR 13 Mack Hollins So
WR 84 Bug Howard So
RB 8 T.J. Logan So
RB 21 Romar Morris Jr
WR 7 Austin Proehl Fr
WR 81 Kendrick Singleton Jr
WR 3 Ryan Switzer So
WR 5 T.J. Thorpe Jr
QB 10 Mitchell Trubisky  Fr
WR 35 Damien Washington Jr
QB 12 Marquise Williams Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 23 Cayson Collins Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18 Thomas Moore Sr
K 24 Nick Weiler So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 2020-Nov-26

    Schedule
    DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
    August 306:00 p.m.Liberty*No. 23
    		ESPN3W 56–2951,000
    September 68:00 p.m.San Diego State*No. 21
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    		ESPNewsW 31–2758,000
    September 203:30 p.m.at East Carolina*
    		ESPNUL 41–7051,082
    September 277:00 p.m.at Clemson
    		ESPNUL 35–5079,155
    October 412:30 p.m.Virginia Tech
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    		ACCNL 17–3460,000
    October 113:30 p.m.at No. 6 Notre Dame*
    		NBCL 43–5080,795
    October 187:00 p.m.Georgia Tech
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    		ESPNUW 48–4353,000
    October 2512:30 p.m.at Virginia
    		ACCNW 28–2745,200
    November 112:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)
    		ACCNL 20–4751,702
    November 1512:30 p.m.Pittsburgh
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    		ACCNW 40–3553,000
    November 207:30 p.m.at No. 25 Duke
    		ESPNW 45–2033,941
    November 2912:30 p.m.NC State
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
    		ACCNL 7–3553,000
    December 264:30 p.m.vs. Rutgers*
    		ESPNL 21–4023,876
    • *Non-conference game
    • Homecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
    • All times are in Eastern time
    Schedule Source:[4]

    Game summaries

    Liberty
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Flames 7 8 7 7 29
    Tar Heels 14 7 28 7 56
    See also: 2014 Liberty Flames football team

    San Diego State
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Aztecs 0 14 7 6 27
    Tar Heels 0 7 7 17 31
    See also: 2014 San Diego State Aztecs football team

    East Carolina
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Tar Heels 13 7 7 14 41
    Pirates 14 21 21 14 70
    See also: 2014 East Carolina Pirates football team

    Clemson
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Tar Heels 0 7 14 14 35
    Tigers 10 12 14 14 50
    See also: 2014 Clemson Tigers football team

    Virginia Tech
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Hokies 14 10 0 10 34
    Tar Heels 3 0 0 14 17
    See also: 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

    Notre Dame
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Tar Heels 14 12 10 7 43
    Fighting Irish 7 21 7 15 50
    See also: 2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

    Georgia Tech
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Yellow Jackets 7 10 7 19 43
    Tar Heels 7 14 14 13 48
    See also: 2014 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

    Virginia
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Tar Heels 14 7 0 7 28
    Cavaliers 14 10 3 0 27
    See also: 2014 Virginia Cavaliers football team and South's Oldest Rivalry

    at Miami (FL)
    See also: 2014 Miami Hurricanes football team
    North Carolina Tar Heels (4–4) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–3)
    1 2 34Total
    North Carolina 0 6 7720
    Miami (FL) 7 23 14347

    at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

    • Date: November 1
    • Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
    • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)
    • Game attendance: 51,702
    • Referee: J. Magallanes
    • Box Score

    Pittsburgh
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Panthers 14 7 7 7 35
    Tar Heels 0 13 13 14 40
    See also: 2014 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

    Duke
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Tar Heels 21 7 10 7 45
    Blue Devils 7 0 7 6 20
    See also: 2014 Duke Blue Devils football team and Victory Bell (North Carolina–Duke)

    NC State
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Wolfpack 7 14 7 7 35
    Tar Heels 0 0 0 7 7
    See also: 2014 NC State Wolfpack football team and North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

    Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl)
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Scarlet Knights 7 16 7 10 40
    Tar Heels 0 0 7 14 21
    Main article: 2014 Quick Lane Bowl
    See also: 2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

    Rankings
    Further information: 2014 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 15 Final 
    AP 23 21 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
    Coaches 23 23 25 25 NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
    CFP Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

    References
    1. Carter, Andrew (January 24, 2014). "UNC announces hiring of new offensive coach". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
    2. Carter, Andrew (February 10, 2014). "UNC Announces New Football Coaching Hires". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
    3. "Football - Coaches". University of North Carolina Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
    4. "2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
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