CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - With legendary UNC Baseball Coach and former NCWC coach Mike Fox retiring after 22 years at the helm of the UNC baseball program on Friday, longtime assistant and NCWC alum Scott Forbes was named the new head coach.

Fox, the 2018 ACC Coach of the Year and 7-time USA South Coach of the Year, got his coaching career started at N.C. Wesleyan, where he led the Battling Bishops to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances in 15 seasons from 1983 to 1998. His teams made eight trips to the Division III College World Series and won the 1989 national title.

"Scott Forbes has been by my side for the past 23 years," Fox wrote in a letter to the UNC community. "He was an outstanding player at N.C. Wesleyan and has been part of my coaching staffs in every conceivable role – assistant at Wesleyan, volunteer coach for four years in Chapel Hill and assistant coach since 2006. He has served as pitching coach, third base coach, hitting instructor, recruiting coordinator and associate head coach.

Forbes played at NCWC from 1995 through 1997 where he set the single season school record with 27 doubles in 1997, a record he still holds today. Forbes was named MVP for Wesleyan in 1997 as well.

"Scott has been the mainstay for any and all success of Carolina baseball since 1998 because of his loyalty, work ethic and passion," continued Fox. "I have been so very blessed to work with Scott and consider his wife, Mandy, and him and their daughters, Hannah and Ally, as members of my family. Scott is a great coach, but a better person.

"He turned down several opportunities to move on to other jobs to stay at Carolina. He is more than ready to be a head coach and will do an excellent job. I am very grateful to our Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham for rewarding Scott's loyalty, believing in his ability to lead the program and keeping the consistency within the program."

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