| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Division: | Coastal |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 7–6 |
| Conf Record: | 4–4 |
| Head Coach: | Mack Brown |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Off Coach: | Phil Longo |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Air raid |
| Codef Coach1: | Jay Bateman |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach2: | Tommy Thigpen |
| Codc2 Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 4–2–5 |
| Captain: | British Brooks, Myles Dorn, Charlie Heck, Sam Howell, Jason Strowbridge |
| Stadium: | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
| Champion: | Military Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Military Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 55–13 vs. Temple |
The 2019 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 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by head coach Mack Brown, in the first season of his second stint at North Carolina and his 11th overall season, the team played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tied for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl, where they defeated Temple.
In the preseason ACC media poll, North Carolina was predicted to finish in sixth in the Coastal Division.[1]
| Media poll (Coastal Division) | |||
| 1 | Virginia | 1003 (82) | |
| 2 | Miami (FL) | 992 (55) | |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 827 (20) | |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 691 (8) | |
| 5 | Duke | 566 (6) | |
| 6 | North Carolina | 463 (1) | |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | 302 (1) | |
| North Carolina Tar Heels coaches | ||||||||
| 1st | ||||||||
| Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach | 1st | |||||||
| Associate head coach/tight end coach | align=center | 1st | ||||||
| Offensive line coach | 1st | |||||||
| Wide receivers coach | 1st | |||||||
| Robert Gillespie | Running back coach | 1st | ||||||
| Defensive coordinator/Safeties coach | 1st | |||||||
| Associate Defensive coordinator/Inside linebackers coach | 2nd | |||||||
| Tim Cross | 1st | |||||||
| Scott Boone | Special teams coordinator/Outside linebackers coach | 1st | ||||||
| Cornerbacks coach | 1st | |||||||
| Brian Hess | Strength and conditioning | 1st | ||||||
| Senior advisor to head coach | 1st | |||||||
| Darrell Moody | Senior advisor to head coach | 1st | ||||||
| Ken Browning | Senior advisor to head coach | 1st | ||||||
| Reference:[2] | ||||||||
The game against Wake Forest, a fellow member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was played as a non-conference game and did not count in the league standings.[4] This was done because the two rivals otherwise only play once every six years due to conference divisional alignment.
See also: 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks football team and North Carolina–South Carolina football rivalry.
See also: 2019 Miami Hurricanes football team.
See also: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry.
See also: 2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2019 Clemson Tigers football team.
See also: 2019 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team.
See also: 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team. Starting with the 2019 season, every overtime period starting with the fifth overtime consists solely of one two-point attempt per team from the three yard line.
See also: 2019 Duke Blue Devils football team and Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina).
See also: 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team and South's Oldest Rivalry.
See also: 2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team.
See also: 2019 Mercer Bears football team.
See also: 2019 NC State Wolfpack football team and North Carolina–NC State football rivalry.
See also: 2019 Temple Owls football team and 2019 Military Bowl.
See also: 2020 NFL draft.
| 4 | 126 | OT | Houston Texans | ||
| 5 | 154 | DL | Miami Dolphins |