Before the 1991-1992 basketball season, North Carolina introduced new uniforms for their team. The announcement at the time was huge, as Carolina had been going with the same look since the 1970’s.
The 90’s being a time when how you looked on an ever-growing amount of time on TV was important, Dean Smith enlisted the help of Alexander Julian to create the new design. Julian is credited with the design of the original Charlotte Hornets uniform, and it was only fitting the Chapel Hill native and huge Carolina fan would be behind a new look for the team.