2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (3rd season of 2nd stint, 13th overall season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,500)

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 15 Wake Forest xy		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 20 NC State		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 14 Clemson		6	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville		4	–	4					6	–	7
Florida State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Syracuse		2	–	6					5	–	7
Boston College		2	–	6					6	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 13 Pittsburgh xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Miami (FL)		5	–	3					7	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4					6	–	6
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					6	–	7
North Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	7
Georgia Tech		2	–	6					3	–	9
Duke		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Pittsburgh 45, Wake Forest 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels will be led by head coach Mack Brown, in the third season of his second stint at UNC and his 13th overall season. The team will play their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium and compete as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Coaching staff

North Carolina Tar Heels coaches
Mack Brown	Head coach	3rd
Phil Longo	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach	3rd
John Lilly	Tight end coach	2nd
Stacy Searels	Offensive line coach	3rd
Lonnie Galloway	Wide receivers coach	3rd
Larry Porter	Running back coach	1st
Jay Bateman	Defensive coordinator/Safeties coach	3rd
Tommy Thigpen	Associate Defensive Coordinator/Inside linebackers coach	4th
Tim Cross	Defensive line coach	3rd
Jovan Dewitt	Special teams coordinator/Outside linebackers coach	2nd
Dre Bly	Cornerbacks coach	3rd
Brian Hess	Strength and conditioning	3rd
Sparky Woods	Senior advisor to head coach	3rd
Darrell Moody	Senior advisor to head coach	3rd
Ken Browning	Senior advisor to head coach	3rd
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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2		at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA
September 11		Georgia State*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
September 18		Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)
September 25		at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA
October 2		Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)
October 9		Florida State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
October 16		Miami	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
October 30		at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
November 6		Wake Forest*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
November 11		at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA
November 20		Wofford*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
November 26		at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

North Carolina's game against Wake Forest on November 6, 2021, will be counted as a non-conference game despite both teams competing in the ACC.