University of North Carolina Athletics
Williams & Fedora To Represent UNC In Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge
April 12, 2012 | Football
April 12, 2012
Visit the event site: www.Chick-fil-ABowlChallenge.com
Greensboro, Ga. (April 12, 2012) - North Carolina's Roy Williams and Larry Fedora will compete as a team in the sixth annual Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament, April 29-May 1 at the Reynolds Plantation resort in Georgia. Williams and Fedora are one of 16 teams competing for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse.
The nation's premier head coach and celebrity golf event, the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge has provided $2.55 million in scholarship and charitable contributions over the last five years.
During the three-day event, several tournament rounds will be played in addition to the featured, televised round of coaches and celebrities. The complete field of head coaches, professional golfers, former athletes and celebrities includes four NFL Hall of Famers, two Heisman Trophy winners, 15 national Coaches of the Year, three gold medalists, and professional golfers who have earned eight professional tour majors wins, 151 total tour wins and more than $80 million in earnings.
"As college football's most charitable bowl game, this event is enormously important to us in terms of what we can give back to our partner conferences and universities," said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president and CEO. "At this year's event, we will surpass the $3 million mark in charity and scholarship donations as we continue to grow the field and donations each year with the help of some of the best college coaches in the nation."
The field of competitors for the featured event is scheduled to include:
Team Coach Celebrity/Athlete/Coach Alabama Nick Saban Johnny Musso Clemson Dabo Swinney Steve Fuller Georgia Tech Paul Johnson Jon Barry Florida State Jimbo Fisher Terrell Buckley Maryland Randy Edsall Stan Gelbaugh Miami Al Golden Gino Torretta Mississippi State Dan Mullen Fred McCrary North Carolina Larry Fedora Roy Williams NC State Tom O'Brien Tom Gugliotta Ohio State Urban Meyer Jeff Logan Ole Miss Hugh Freeze Sean Tuohy South Carolina Steve Spurrier Sterling Sharpe Tennessee Derek Dooley Stanley Morgan Virginia Mike London Jim Dombrowski Virginia Tech Frank Beamer Dell Curry Wake Forest Jim Grobe Riley Skinner
The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge main event features pairings that include a university head coach and a celebrity or former athlete from the same school competing in a scramble format against other university teams from around the country.
Past winners: 2011 Georgia Tech (Johnson/Barry/-11), 2010 Florida State (Fisher/Buckley/ -7), 2009 South Carolina (Spurrier/Sharpe / -12, playoff winners), 2008 South Carolina (Spurrier/Sharpe / -12), 2007 Virginia Tech (Beamer/Curry / -10).
In addition to the $520,000 scholarship purse, an additional $135,000 charitable donation will be made to Chick-fil-A's WinShape Homes. The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is a significant contributor to the Chick-fil-A Bowl's overall charitable and scholarship donations. The Chick-fil-A Bowl leads all bowls in the country in charitable giving, including gifts of more than $13 million since 2002.
The tournament is being taped by ESPN for broadcast in the fall. The date of the broadcast will be announced this summer.
For more information on the event, visit www.Chick-fil-ABowlChallenge.com.
About the Chick-fil-A Bowl
The Chick-fil-A Bowl is the ninth-oldest bowl game in the country and hosts the longest-running rivalry series between the ACC and SEC. Now in its 45th year, the Chick-fil-A Bowl has established itself as one of the nation's elite bowl games with a string of 15 consecutive sellouts and has earned a reputation as one of the most competitive bowls in the nation. The Chick-fil-A Bowl has disbursed more than $110 million in team payouts during its 44-year history and has increased team payout every year since 1996. The Bowl also leads all other bowl games in charitable and scholarship contributions, giving more than $13 million to organizations in need since 2002. Other events under the Chick-fil-A Bowl brand include the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge head coach and celebrity golf event and the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game season-opening game over Labor Day weekend which will host two games to open the 2012 season for the first time in its history.
