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.

  1. Skeet Ulrich

    Skeet Ulrich
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractorfilm producervoice actor
    Biography

    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.

  2. John Calipari

    John Calipari
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Enrolled in the University of North Carolina Wilmington
    Studied in 1978-1980
    Occupations
    basketball coachbasketball player
    Biography

    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.

  3. Anna Kooiman

    Anna Kooiman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    reporter
    Biography

    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.

  4. Scott Dawson

    Scott Dawson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    professional wrestler
    Biography

    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.

  5. Devontae Cacok

    Devontae Cacok
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    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.

  6. Sydney Schneider

    Sydney Schneider
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    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.

  7. Kai Toews

    Kai Toews
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1998-.. (age 26)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    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.

  8. Carl Willis

    Carl Willis
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    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.

  9. Bill Saffo

    Bill Saffo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  10. Brad Knighton

    Brad Knighton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Bradley Burton Knighton is an American former professional soccer player.

  11. Brett Blizzard

    Brett Blizzard
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    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.

  12. Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    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.

  13. Brian Rowsom

    Brian Rowsom
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    basketball coachbasketball player
    Biography

    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.

  14. Craig Callahan

    Craig Callahan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Craig Callahan is an American-born naturalized Italian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A.

  15. Cody Stanley

    Cody Stanley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    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.

  16. John R. Bell, IV

    John R. Bell, IV
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  17. Jill A. Mikucki

    Jill A. Mikucki
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    microbiologist
    Biography

    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.

  18. Marc Antonio Carter

    Marc Antonio Carter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    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.

  19. Amos Quick

    Amos Quick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  20. David Harpp

    David Harpp
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Enrolled in the University of North Carolina Wilmington
    In 1965 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    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.

  21. Henson P. Barnes

    Henson P. Barnes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1934-2015 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneurlawyer
    Biography

    Henson Perrymoore Barnes was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer.

  22. Joshua Poteat

    Joshua Poteat
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Joshua Poteat is an American poet.

  23. Clement S. Coward, Jr

    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

    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.