' —V -<r -— ~ ~*mtm*r * * '•SBaWS^ N titfji gs . ^^PS^'C^'^^WMI 1 SCHEDULE Fri. Nov. 26 9:00 P.M. N.C. State (BIG FOUR TOURN.) ... Greensboro, N.C. Sat. Nov. 27 P.M. Duke or Wake Forest (BIG FOUR). Greensboro, N.C. Wed. Dec.l 8:00 P.M. Marshall CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Mon. Dec. 6 8:00P.M. Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Wed. Dec. 8 8:00P.M. Athletics in Action CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Sat. Dec. 1 8:00P.M. Virginia Tech Roanoke, Va. Mon. Dec. 20 8:00 P.M. Brigham Young CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Dec. 27-30 FAR WEST CLASSIC Portland, Oregon (Oral Roberts, Oregon, Bowling Green, St Louis, Texas A&M, Oregon State, Weber State) Mon. Dec. 27 7:00 P.M. Oral Roberts Wed. Jan. 5 8:00 P.M. Clemson Greensboro, N.C. Sat. Jan. 8 4:00 P.M. Virginia CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Thurs. Jan. 13 9:00 P.M. Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. Sat. Jan. 15 3:00 P.M. Duke CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Wed. Jan. 19 9:00 P.M. N.C. State Raleigh, N.C. Sat. Jan. 22 1:00P.M. Maryland College Park, Md. Wed. Jan. 26 8:00 P.M Wake Forest CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Sat. Jan. 29 7:30 P.M. Clemson Clemson, S.C. Fri. Feb. 4 7:00 P.M. Georgia Tech Charlotte, N.C. Sat. Feb. 5 7:00 P.M. Furman Charlotte, N.C. Wed. Feb. 9 9:00 P.M. Maryland CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Sat. Feb. 12 8:00 P.M. Tulane Greensboro, N.C. Wed. Feb. 16 8:00 P.M South Florida CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Sun. Feb. 20 1:30 P.M. Virginia Charlottesville. Va. Wed. Feb. 23 9:00 P.M N.C. State CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Sat. Feb. 26 2:00 P.M. Duke Durham, N.C. Sun. Feb. 27 1:30 P.M. Louisville Charlotte. N.C. I'h-Sat. Mar. 3.4,5 ACC TOURNAMENT Greensboro, N.C. Directory Director oi Athletics Bill Cobey Associate Athletic Director Walter Rabb Associate Athletic Director Mover Smith Assistant Athletic Director oi Business .... ... John Swofford Assistant Athletic Director for Operations loe Hilton Consultants to the Athletic Director Chuck Erickson and Vernon Crook Faculty Chairman ol Athletics Gerald Barrett Sports Information Director Rick Brewer Sports Promotions Director Bob Savod I lcket Manager Mrs. Jean Keller Head Basketball Coach Dean Smith Chief Assistant Coach Bill Guthridge Assistant Coach Eddie Fogler Graduate Assistants Dave Hanners and John O'Donnell Trainer lohn Lacey Director ol Sports Medicine Dr. Joseph DeWalt Administrative Secretary Mrs. Betsy 1 errell Secretary Ms. Kay I homas Varsity Managers lohn Cohen, Jeff Mason. Rick Duckett Freshmen Managers Gene Cobb. Kenny Fee. Glenn Benton, Jeff Matins. Randy Keel Supervisor of Athletic Grounds, Facilities and Equipment lohn Keller Contents Press, Radio. I V Information 2 Prospectus 3 Basketball-Carolina Style 4-5 I ar Heel Tradition 6-7 Carolina's International Basketball Participation 8-9 Chancellor Ferebee I a\ lor 10 Bill (obey II Dean Smith 12-14 Bill Guthridge 15 Eddie Fogler and John Lacey 16 Varsitj Roster 17 ". THE CAROLINA BLUEBOOK Player 1 humbnails 18-27 Far Heel Freshmen 2S EDITOR: Rick Brewer I his is Carolina 29-44 Carmichael Auditorium 45 STAFF ASSISTANTS: Linda Herbin. R. V. Hight, Katie Peacock. Becky Branch I he 1 'niversin 46-47 A Town I ouched By Strange Magic 48 LITHOGRAPHED AND DESIGNED By Carolina Opponents 49-52 Fisher-Harrison Corporation, Greensboro, N.C. I ar Heel Headquarters on the Road 53 Carolina's Greatest Players 54-55 PHOTOGRAPHY: The front cover shot of Tar Heel seniors Carolina's Men in the Pros 56-57 Bruce Buckley, John Kuester. Walter Davis, Tommy LaGarde All- I mie Carolina Records 5s and Woody Coley was taken at Forest Theatre on the Carolina Year-By-Year and Coaches' Records 59 campus by Charles Cooper. The back cover shot of Tommy 1975-76 Varsity Statistics 60 LaGarde was taken by Walter loos, Jr., of SPORTS ILLUS- All- 1 line Statistical Leaders 61 TRATED during the Summer Olympic Games. The heads shots Honor Roll ol Carolina Basketball 62 on the back were done by the Bradley Photographers of Dallas, Award Winners and 34 Championships 63 Texas. Photographs inside the book were taken by Cooper, All- I line Scores 64-67 Bradley, Rich Clarkson of the TOPEKA CAPITAL- Record Against All Opponents 68 JOURNAL, Dwight McAlister, Gary Lobraico, the Associated Junior Varsity Roster. Schedule and Picture 69 Press, Lurleen Sather, Steve Claris and many of the fine student Managers and Secretaries 70 photographers at the University of North Carolina. Educational Foundation 71 Lettermen Under Dean Smith 72 and Inside Back Cover Press/Ra> 4 A Informati 44 Carolina's basketball Tar Heels have one of the largest and most enthusiastic press fallowings in America and interest is growing greater every year. The Carmichael Auditorium press box is filled to capacity for every home game. Every daily newspaper in the state of North Carolina, and many from surrounding states, cover all the Tar Heel games. Carolina's Basketball Radio Network is one of the largest and best in the entire nation. Tar Heel games can be heard from the Bahamas to Canada. The network is handled by WCHL Radio in Chapel Hill with Jim Heavner serving as manager. Woody Durham, popular sportscasterat WFMY- IV in Greensboro, does the play-by-play with Heavner and Bob Holliday of WCHL providing color commentary. Durham is also emcee on the Dean Smith Show which is televised across the state of North Carolina each week of the season. At least 10 Carolina games are scheduled to be televised regionally during the upcoming season on the Atlantic Coast Conference Game of the Week. Two of those games will also be national telecasts. Rick Brewer Working press credentials for Carolina home games can Sports Information Director secured contacting Brewer, the University's Office Phone: (919) 933-2123, 933-1376 be by Rick ? Home Phone: (919) 929-2721 Sports Information Director. Requests are screened with care to insure a working press box. Children, spouses and pets are not allowed in compliance with the working code of the Basketball Writers Association of America. Western Union facilities are not available in Carmichael Auditorium. However, the Carolina Sports Information Office does provide several phones for writers to use in moving their copy. The University also has one telecopier which is available on a first-come, first-serve basis after each game. It is strongly suggested, however, that whenever possible, writers bring their own telecopiers. Phis will allow all copy to be moved more quickly and will alleviate any deadline problems. » Carolina's other returning players are 6-9 senior Bruce Buckley of Bladensburg, Md.; 6-7 senior Woody Coley of Lumberton, N. C; 6-5 junior Tom Zaliagiris of Livonia, Mich.; 6-5 sophomore Dudley Bradley of Edgewood, Md.; 6-1 sophomore Ged Doughton of Winston-Salem, N. C; and 6-4 sophomore Randy Wiel of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. Doughton and Wiel played mainly on the junior varsity last season, while the other returnees saw action with Carolina's Blue Team. "Buckley, Chambers, Zaliagiris, Bradley, Coley and Hanners gave us good depth last year," says Smith. "With Bill and Dave gone, that depth must be bolstered by our incoming freshman class." The freshmen include 6-1 Dave Colescott of Marion. Ind.; 6-9 Steve Krafcisin of Oak Lawn, 111.; 6-7 Mike O'Koren of Jersey City, N.J.; 6-5 John Virgil of Elm City, N. C; 6-10 With four starters returning from Ford and Kuester form one of the Jeff Wolf of Kohler, Wis. ; and 6-9 Rich last year's great team, the North finest backcourts in the nation. Phil Yonakor of Euclid, Ohio. Carolina Tar Heels are hopeful that made almost every All-America team The fifth starting spot in the Tar 1976-77 will be another excellent sea- last year as a sophomore. He led the Heel lineup could go to Buckley or one son on the basketball court. Tar Heels with a school record 203 of Carolina's big freshmen. Buckley Carolina posted a sensational 25-4 assists, averaged 18.6 points per game, was the top frontcourt reserve last record a year ago, including an 11-1 hit 53.2 per cent of his field goals and year and showed good promise with mark and a first-place finish in the At- made 78.0 per cent of his foul shots. his consistently strong play. lantic Coast Conference regular sea- He is an excellent ballhandler and a Carolina will be trying to uphold a son race. The Tar Heels now have an good defensive player. great basketball tradition this season. incredible string of 10 straight years in The Tar Heels rank with and Kuester ranked second to Ford in UCLA which they have finished either first or Marquette as the three winningest assists with 154. He also was voted in in the past decade. second in the ACC standings. Carolina's best defensive player. John teams America Carolina once again finished in the In that 10-year period. Smith has is a good outside shooter and ball- coached his teams to 246 victories. nation's Top Ten. handler. "I think we can again have an out- Only Al McGuire of Marquette (248) "I expect both Phil and John to standing team," says Carolina Coach has won more. Smith has won more show even more improvement this Dean Smith.