North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. The campus at Chapel Hill is referred to as the University of North Carolina for the purposes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[2] The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789, and in 1795 it became the first state-supported university in the United States.[3] Since the school fostered the oldest collegiate team in the Carolinas, the school took on the nickname Carolina, especially in athletics. The Tar Heels are also referred to as UNC or The Heels.[3]

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North Carolina Tar Heels
University	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Conference	ACC (primary) EAGL (women's gymnastics)
NCAA	Division I (FBS)
Athletic director	Bubba Cunningham
Location	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Varsity teams	27
Football stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Basketball arena	Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center
Baseball stadium	Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
Soccer stadium	Dorrance Field
Other venues	William D. Carmichael Jr. Arena
Mascot	Rameses
Nickname	Tar Heels
Fight song	I'm a Tar Heel Born Here Comes Carolina
Colors	Carolina blue and white[1]
Website	goheels.com

The mascot of the Tar Heels is Rameses, a Dorset Ram. It is represented as either a live Dorset sheep with its horns painted Carolina Blue, or as a costumed character performed by a volunteer from the student body, usually an undergraduate student associated with the cheerleading team.[4]

Carolina has won 49 NCAA Division I team national championships in eight different sports, eighth all-time, and 52 individual national championships.