Athletics

We believe athletics are a conduit for knowledge and inspiration. Whether you’ve been a teammate since T-ball or a solitary strider, a record-setter or a statistics-crunching spectator, there’s a part for you to play in Carolina athletics.

Find an education in motion

  • Varsity Athletics

    At Carolina, we educate and inspire through athletics. Follow our 28 varsity teams, the talented athletes who compete and the inspirational coaches who guide them.

  • Campus Recreation

    Build mind and body, set personal goals and meet your fitness challenges with campus recreational opportunities ranging from rock-climbing to lap-swimming.

  • Intramural Sports

    See what all the intramural buzz is about. Engage in some friendly competition against other Tar Heels. Gather a group of your best friends and start a team, or just join a sport you love.

  • Sport Clubs

    Represent Carolina in competition with other schools, learn an off-the-beaten-track activity or just get fit on one of our 50 club-sport teams.

Active Tar Heels

A look at Carolina athletics, from behind-the-scenes to people profiles.

    In a year, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Recreation spin instructor and senior Andrea Orengo easily clocks a couple hundred hours on the bike.

    Andrea Orengo

    Carolina’s Crew Club is one of the University’s nearly 50 club teams that train and compete in intercollegiate competitions on local, regional and national levels as part of the Sports Club Program.

    UNC Men's Crew Club

    As the buzzer sounded and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men’s basketball team won its sixth national championship, Carolina students celebrated in Phoenix and on Franklin Street.

    Carolina basketball