2008 Baseball Roster
Chad Flack
- Position:
- Catcher/1st Base/3rd Base
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 224
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Forest City, NC
- High School:
- East Rutherford
One of the most recognizable players in North Carolina baseball history, Chad Flack will serve as an undergraduate assistant coach for the Tar Heels for the 2009 season. Flack, who is working toward his degree in sports administration, is on track to graduate from the University in May.
In addition to work with the Tar Heels' corner infielders and hitters, Flack will assist the Carolina staff with on-campus recruiting and various game day responsibilities.
Flack, who hit three of the most memorable home runs in school history, set UNC career records for base hits (328), at-bats (1,058), total bases (526) and games played (267). Additionally, he is second in runs scored and extra base hits and third in doubles, home runs and runs batted in. He became the first Tar Heel with 300 or more base hits and has 37 more hits than any other Carolina baseball player.
The Forest City, N.C., native was the male winner of the 2007-08 Patterson Medal, which is presented annually to Carolina's top student-athletes. Flack led the Tar Heels to three straight College World Series appearances and the 2007 ACC title. Flack set the College World Series record for at-bats with 73 and is third all-time with 22 hits at the CWS.
Flack sent the Tar Heels to the 2006 College World Series with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning at Alabama in the NCAA Super Regional. A year later, he hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning in the third and deciding Super Regional game against South Carolina. He added a game-winning two-run shot against Fresno State in the 2008 CWS.
A freshman All-America selection and a second-team All-ACC choice in 2005, Flack was a two-time winner of the S.H. Basnight Award as Carolina's most valuable position player.
