23 Notable alumni of
University of North Carolina Wilmington
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The University of North Carolina Wilmington is 1810th in the world, 638th in North America, and 602nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from the University of North Carolina Wilmington sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Skeet Ulrich
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producervoice actor
- Biography
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Skeet Ulrich is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in popular 1990s films, including Billy Loomis in Scream (1996), Chris Hooker in The Craft (1996) and Vincent Lopiano in As Good as It Gets (1997). From 2017-2021, he starred as Forsythe Pendleton "F.P." Jones II on The CW's Riverdale. He reprised his Scream role in the sequels Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023). His other television roles include Johnston Jacob "Jake" Green Jr. in the television series Jericho, and LAPD Detective Rex Winters, a Marine veteran from the Law & Order franchise.
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John Calipari
- Enrolled in the University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Studied in 1978-1980
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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John Vincent Calipari is an American basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times (in 1996, 2008 and 2015), and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Anna Kooiman
- Occupations
- reporter
- Biography
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Anna Brooks Kooiman is an American news anchor and television panelist, working for Australia's Network Ten. From 2011 to 2016, she was an anchor and reporter for Fox News based in New York City. Kooiman's last position with Fox News was as co-host on the weekend edition of Fox & Friends. Since then, she has been with News Corp's Australian division as a substitute anchor and panelist on various news programs for Network Ten.
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Scott Dawson
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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David Michael Harwood is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood or Dax The Axe. Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. He also makes appearances in their sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), as well as partner promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he and Wheeler have won those promotions' respective tag team championships once each.
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Devontae Cacok
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Devontae Calvin Cacok is an American professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the UNC Wilmington Seahawks, where in the 2017–18 season he led the nation in rebounding.
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Sydney Schneider
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sydney Michelle Schneider is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National Women's Soccer League club Chicago Red Stars. Born in the United States, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.
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Kai Toews
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kai Toews is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for the Alvark Tokyo of the B. League. His cousin Jonathan Toews played for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League from 2007 to 2023.
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Carl Willis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Carl Blake Willis is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners.
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Bill Saffo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bill Saffo is an American politician and real estate businessman serving as the current mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the Wilmington City Council in November 2003, serving in the role until his appointment as mayor in December 2006.
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Brad Knighton
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Bradley Burton Knighton is an American former professional soccer player.
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Brett Blizzard
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brett Alan Blizzard is an American-Italian basketball player. Originally of American nationality, Blizzard opted to acquire dual citizenship in Italy while playing overseas. He became eligible to play on Italy's national team because of a distant Italian relative. Including Virtus Bologna, Blizzard has played for seven professional teams in his career. He also owns and operates The American Basketball Experience, which brings European youth basketball players to America to train and experience American culture.
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Adam Smith
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Adam Terrell Smith is an American professional basketball player for Bilbao of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.
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Brian Rowsom
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Brian Rowsom is an American basketball coach and former player, who was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the second round (34th pick overall) of the 1987 NBA draft.
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Craig Callahan
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Craig Callahan is an American-born naturalized Italian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A.
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Cody Stanley
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Cody Franklin Stanley is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2015. Stanley was twice suspended during his professional playing career for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.
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John R. Bell, IV
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Richard Bell IV is an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 10th district (including constituents in Wayne, Greene, and Johnston counties) since 2013.
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Jill A. Mikucki
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- microbiologist
- Biography
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Jill Ann Mikucki is an American microbiologist, educator and Antarctic researcher, best known for her work at Blood Falls demonstrating that microbes can grow below ice in the absence of sunlight. She is a leader of international teams studying study ecosystems under the ice.
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Marc Antonio Carter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marc Antonio Carter, commonly known as T. J. Carter is a former American professional basketball player. He is a 1.92 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) tall shooting guard.
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Amos Quick
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Amos Lewis Quick III is an American politician. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016. A Democrat, he has represented the 58th district (including constituents in Guilford County) since 2017.
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David Harpp
- Years
- 1937-.. (age 87)
- Enrolled in the University of North Carolina Wilmington
- In 1965 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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David Noble Harpp is a Canadian chemist, science communicator and award-winning university teacher. He holds the Tomlinson Chair in Science Education at McGill University.
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Henson P. Barnes
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneurlawyer
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Henson Perrymoore Barnes was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer.
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Joshua Poteat
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Joshua Poteat is an American poet.
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Clement S. Coward, Jr
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Enrolled in the University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in speech communication
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Clement S. Coward Jr. is a retired United States Army major general who has served as the Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness since September 2020. Previously, he served as the Commanding General of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command from November 2018 to August 2020. Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Coward earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1989. He later received a Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College and a Master of Science degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.
