Honored North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
Retired and honored jerseys hanging from the rafters at Dean E. Smith Center The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's basketball program honors fifty-one former players by hanging their jerseys in the rafters of the Dean E. Smith Center , the home to the men's basketball team on the university's campus. Of these, eight are both honored and retired . However, only seven jersey numbers are retired, as honoree Jack Cobb played before jersey numbers were the norm, meaning he had no number to retire. Justin Jackson and Joel Berry are the most recent players to be honored, following the 2016–17 season. Jackson qualified by being named the ACC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American. Berry was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Final Four.[ 1] [ 2]
Criteria
Tyler Hansbrough walking back to the players' tunnel after his jersey retirement ceremony on February 10, 2010. North Carolina requires that players must be recognized for excellence for their performance during the regular season, in post-season play, or in the Olympics . Specifically, a player's jersey qualifies for honoring if he receives one or more of the following five awards: first- or second-team All-America on one of the major All-American teams that qualify a player for a consensus All-American designation, an ACC Player of the Year , the Most Valuable Player of a National Championship -winning team (as voted by coaches and teammates), the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player of a Final Four team, or a gold medal in basketball at the Olympics .[ 3]
Additionally, a player can also achieve the even greater honor of having his jersey (along with his uniform number) permanently retired by the University of North Carolina. To attain jersey retirement, a Tar Heel must win one or more of the following six national player of the year awards: Associated Press , National Association of Basketball Coaches , Sporting News John R. Wooden Award , Oscar Robertson Trophy , or the Naismith College Player of the Year . The (now defunct) Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year award formerly served as a seventh option. The most recent player to merit bestowal of this honor is Tyler Hansbrough , who won all six of the national player of the year awards in his 2007–08 season.[ 4]
Honored players
Players whose numbers are retired are shown with a blue background.[ 5]
No.
Name
Years
Criteria met
NC
Cartwright Carmichael 1921–24
First-team All-America
NC
Jack Cobb 1923–26
National Player of the Year
20
George Glamack 1938–41
National Player of the Year, First-team All-America
8
Jim Jordan 1944–46
Second-team All-America
13
John "Hook" Dillon 1945–48
First-team All-America
10
Lennie Rosenbluth 1954–57
National Player of the Year, First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
35
Pete Brennan 1955–58
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
40
Tommy Kearns 1955–58
Second-team All-America
12
Lee Shaffer 1957–60
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
22
York Larese 1958–61
Second-team All-America
35
Doug Moe 1958–61
First-team All-America
11
Larry Brown 1960–63
Olympic gold medal
32
Billy Cunningham 1962–65
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
22
Bob Lewis 1964–67
First-team All-America
44
Larry Miller 1965–68
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
33
Charlie Scott 1967–70
Olympic gold medal, First-team All-America
31
Bill Chamberlain 1969–72
Second-team All-America
44
Dennis Wuycik 1969–72
First-team All-America
35
Bob McAdoo 1971–72
First-team All-America
34
Bobby Jones 1971–74
First-team All-America
21
Mitch Kupchak 1972–76
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
24
Walter Davis 1973–77
Olympic gold medal
45
Tommy LaGarde 1973–77
Olympic gold medal, Second-team All-America
12
Phil Ford 1974–78
National Player of the Year, First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
31
Mike O'Koren 1976–80
First-team All-America
30
Al Wood 1977–81
Second-team All-America
52
James Worthy 1979–82
National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, MVP of NCAA champions, NCAA Tournament MOP
41
Sam Perkins 1980–84
Olympic gold medal, First-team All-America
23
Michael Jordan 1981–84
National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
42
Brad Daugherty 1982–86
First-team All-America
30
Kenny Smith 1983–87
First-team All-America
34
J.R. Reid 1986–89
First-team All-America
34
George Lynch 1989–93
MVP of NCAA Champions
00
Eric Montross 1990–94
Second-team All-America
21
Donald Williams 1991–95
NCAA Tournament MOP
42
Jerry Stackhouse 1993–95
First-team All-America
30
Rasheed Wallace 1993–95
Second-team All-America
15
Vince Carter 1995–98
Second-team All-America, Olympic gold medal
33
Antawn Jamison 1995–98
National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
00
Brendan Haywood 1997–2001
Second-team All-America
40
Joseph Forte 1999–2001
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
2
Raymond Felton 2002–05
MVP of NCAA Champions
42
Sean May 2002–05
First-team All-America, MVP of NCAA Champions, NCAA Tournament MOP
32
Rashad McCants 2002–05
Second-team All-America
50
Tyler Hansbrough 2005–09
National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
5
Ty Lawson 2006–09
Second-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
22
Wayne Ellington 2006–09
NCAA Tournament MOP
44
Tyler Zeller 2008–12
Second-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
40
Harrison Barnes 2010–12
Second-team All-America, Olympic gold medal
5
Marcus Paige 2012–16
Second-team All-America
11
Brice Johnson 2012–16
First-team All-America
44
Justin Jackson 2014–17
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
2
Joel Berry 2014–18
NCAA Tournament MOP
4
R. J. Davis 2020–present
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics
