College

Football Week 1

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Program Builders series, focusing on the behind-the-scenes executives and people fueling the future growth of their sports.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On mornings like this, the Southern Part of Heaven earns its moniker. Dew on the grass. A cloudless Carolina blue sky.

Everything, for seemingly the first time in nine months, is calm.