Koury Natatorium 

The team has its home in the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium located next to the Dean E. Smith Center on campus at the University of North Carolina.

Built in 1986, Koury Natatorium is one of the finest pools on the east coast. It was the site of the 1987 Olympic Festival, the 1989 US Short Course Nationals, the 1992 Masters Nationals, as well as the frequent site for the North Carolina State High School and Atlantic Coast Conference Championships. In 1999, Koury hosted the Special Olympics swimming events.

The pool is 50m long with two movable bulkheads to allow for a double 25-yard or 25-meter course configuration.  The Koury Natatorium has ample spectator seating and plenty of deck space. There are coaches offices, a fully-equipped weight room, and locker rooms just off the pool deck. A brand new all-digital scoreboard displays results to spectators and competitors during competition. All these features help make NCAC one of the best-equipped swimming programs in the country.

Directions to Koury Natatorium

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1. From I-40 East or West go to exit 273B.

Note: This is the also exit for the Dean Smith Center. Koury is the building next to

the Smith Center. You can follow "Smith Center" signs.

2. Continue on NC-54 toward Chapel Hill.

3. Drive approximately 3.8 miles and bear right at the 15/501 South sign (toward

Carrboro/Pittsboro)

4. Bear right on 15/501 South to Manning Drive.

5. Turn right on Manning Drive and proceed about 0.5 miles.

6. Turn left on Skipper Bowles Drive. Koury Natatorium is the brick building on the left

just before the Dean Smith Center, which is the building with the dome.