UNC switches to Jordan Brand uniforms

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina is switching its football uniforms to former player Michael Jordan's Nike line.

The school made the announcement at halftime of the Tar Heels' basketball game against rival Duke on Saturday night -- and marked the occasion by bringing Jordan out to a pair of raucous ovations at midcourt.

North Carolina will be the second football program to wear Jordan's Jumpman logo, along with Michigan. The basketball programs have long worn uniforms from Jordan Brand, a business division of Nike.

Football coach Larry Fedora was spotted before the basketball game wearing a polo shirt with the Jumpman logo, and a photo on social media showed him with Jordan -- and both wore Jordan Brand shirts.

Jordan's appearance was his first at a Tar Heels basketball game since February 2010.

Information from ESPN's CL Brown and The Associated Press was used in this report.