The 2006 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 3âÂÂ9 overall and 2âÂÂ6 in ACC play to place fifth in the Coastal Division.
The 2006 season was the last for John Bunting as head coach. He was to be replaced by Butch Davis in the postseason.