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| University | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| First season | 2010
2010-2011 Season 28-7 (.800) | ||
| Head coach | Roy Williams (8th season) | ||
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference D1 Division | ||
| Arena | Dean Smith Center (capacity: 21,750) | ||
| Nickname | Tar Heels | ||
| Colors | Carolina Blue and White | ||
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Blue Steel
Blue Steel is a recently coined term used to describe the North Carolina Tar Heels Men’s Basketball Team walk-ons. Blue Steel is composed of 6 players on the 2010-2011 team who, despite the fact that they are non-scholarship athletes, have a position on the team and play a key role in its development. They are lead by Basketball Hall of Fame coach, Roy Williams, who is third all time in the NCAA for winning percentage.
History
Coinage of Name
The term Blue Steel was created by walk-on member Stewart Cooper, a Junior out of Forsyth Country Day School, and has spread like wildfire. It is a term that is now widely known and used by members of the student body, faculty, Tar Heel fans and more recently by sports reporters throughout the country.
On the name Blue Steel:
BOLICK: [Williams] called us a combination of "J.V." or "Parentheses." On the actual practice plans, all the walk-ons' names were on the practice sheets in parentheses next to the player they'd substitute in for. So he'd say, "Parentheses, get in there." We said, "We can't go with being called the parentheses."
COOPER: We didn't want to tell [Williams] to start calling us [Blue Steel]. We told one of the assistant coaches.
BOLICK: The assistant coaches started calling us Blue Steel at the beginning of the week. By the end of the week, Coach Williams had caught on as well.
COOPER: It was pretty funny the first time he said it. He said he liked it. He's never really gone back.
JOHNSTON: It definitely started off in practice, not as sort of a schtick-type thing, which is what it turned into. When he first said it in a game, we looked at each other like, "Nice."[1]
Walk-ons
Roster and Statistics
- 1.1 Daniel Bolick
- 1.2 Van Hatchell
- 1.3 David Dupont
- 1.4 Patrick Crouch
- 1.5 D.J. Johnston
- 1.6 Stewart Cooper
Significance to Others
[2]Mfontaine (talk) 16:16, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Sports Reporters
Tshirts
Charity Date Auction
List of Sources
[[3]] Blue Steel: North Carolina's cult stars