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UNC Football: Mack Brown inducted into Hall of Fame

By Brandon Griffin

23 OCT 1994: NORTH CAROLINA HEAD COACH ON THE SIDELINE DURING THE TAR HEELS 34-10 LOSS TO THE VIRGINIA CAVALIERS AT SCOTT KLOCKNER STADIUM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger/ALLSPORT
23 OCT 1994: NORTH CAROLINA HEAD COACH ON THE SIDELINE DURING THE TAR HEELS 34-10 LOSS TO THE VIRGINIA CAVALIERS AT SCOTT KLOCKNER STADIUM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger/ALLSPORT /
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Former North Carolina Tar Heels football head coach Mack Brown will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

Mack Brown is going into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Brown will be going in this year with other great college contributors such as former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson, and Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson, who played at Michigan.

This is a great honor for any coach and Mack Brown earned it. Brown was a head coach at four different universities but is best known for his time at Texas where he won a National Championship in 2005.

However, Brown was also one of the better coaches to coach the UNC Tar Heels. Brown went 69-46-1 in his 10 seasons at North Carolina.

He led the Tar Heels to three 10-win seasons, which is a North Carolina school record.

27 Sep 1997: Head coach Mack Brown of North Carolina during the Tar Heels 48-20 win over the Virginia Cavaliers at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger /Allsport
27 Sep 1997: Head coach Mack Brown of North Carolina during the Tar Heels 48-20 win over the Virginia Cavaliers at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger /Allsport /

He also took UNC to six-consecutive bowl games, where he was 3-2 (he didn’t coach in the last bowl game as he had already accepted the job with Texas).

The six consecutive is also a Tar Heel record.

Brown’s 69 wins are tied for second-most in school history behind Dick Crum and his .599 winning percentage is also second also behind Crum.

Brown took North Carolina football to a new level. He championed the idea of “winning the state” going 21-9 against Wake Forest, NC State, and Duke. He also was one of the better coaches at locking the top talent in the state up and keeping it from going to other programs.

Despite this, Brown is not always considered a favorite coach by North Carolina Tar Heel fans. He left UNC for Texas right before a bowl game. He could never beat Florida State and never finished better than second in the ACC, though the team did finish as high as fourth in the AP poll.

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Nonetheless, Brown becomes the seventh former Tar Heel to join the ranks of college football’s best. Whether you like him or not, he still did a lot for UNC and was one of the program’s best.

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