Question: Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina have a long and varied history, The city is home to teams at nearly every level of American sports including which American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina?

Context articles: Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina
List of Charlotte Hornets head coaches
Fetzer Field
Jacob W. Holt
History of the Carolina Panthers
Sports in South Carolina
Sports in North Carolina
Charlotte Hornets all-time roster
Walter Skidmore
Charlotte Hornets

Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina have a long and varied history.
 The city is home to teams at nearly every level of American sports including the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League and Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association.
 In addition to serving as the home base for several teams the city plays host to many events of national and international importance including the longest race in NASCAR, the annual Coca-Cola 600 and golf's Wells Fargo Championship.
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Hornets began playing in 1988 as an expansion team, before relocating to New Orleans in 2002 and renaming themselves as the Pelicans in 2013.
 Charlotte was then awarded a new expansion team named the Bobcats in 2004, which reassumed the Hornets name in 2014.
 In a deal with the NBA and Pelicans, the renamed Hornets also reclaimed the history and records of the original Hornets from 1988 to 2002, while all of the original Hornets' records from 2002 to 2013 will remain with the Pelicans.
Robert Fetzer Field is a sports field located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it is the home of the lacrosse and soccer teams of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Tar Heels.
 The four teams that call Fetzer field their home (North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse, North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse, North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer, North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer) have a combined total of 26 national championships.
 Tenants North Carolina Tar Heels are among the most popular college sports clubs on social media.
 The Ohio State Buckeyes (2,105,974), Florida Gators (2,003,534), Texas Longhorns (1,784,708), Oregon Ducks (1,687,733), Georgia Bulldogs (1,290,903), Kentucky Wildcats (1,284,612), North Carolina Tar Heels (1,260,567) and Wisconsin Badgers (1,238,828) had the most followers as of January 2016.
Jacob W. Holt (1811–1880), was an early to mid 19th century carpenter and builder-architect of Warrenton, North Carolina.
 Some twenty or more buildings are known to have been built by him or are attributed to him and his workshop by local tradition or their distinctive style.
 Some of his work includes among others Long Grass Plantation, Eureka near Baskerville, Virginia; Shadow Lawn at Chase City, Virginia; buildings at Peace College; Vine Hill near Centerville, North Carolina; Dr. Samuel Perry House near Gupton, North Carolina; the Archibald Taylor House near Wood, North Carolina; Salem Methodist Church near Huntsboro, North Carolina; Hebron Methodist Church in Warren County, North Carolina; and the John Watson House and possibly the house known as Annefield (Saxe, Virginia) in Charlotte County, Virginia and Belvidere and Pool Rock Plantation near Williamsboro, North Carolina.
 He may have also built the Forestville Baptist Church at Forestville, North Carolina.
The Carolina Panthers' history formally dates back to 1993, when the NFL awarded the franchise to Charlotte, North Carolina.
 The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, began play in the 1995 NFL season as expansion teams.
 They have played in Charlotte since 1996, winning six division titles and two NFC Championships.
 They were the first NFL franchise based in the Carolinas, and the second professional sports team based in Charlotte, the first being the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
Although there are no major league professional franchises based in South Carolina, the state does have numerous minor league teams.
 Several "Carolina" major league pro teams representing both North Carolina and South Carolina are based in neighboring North Carolina.
 The Carolina Panthers, the professional American football team of the National Football League based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has training facilities in South Carolina.
 College teams also represent their particular South Carolina institution and the state is a prime destination for golf and water sports as well.
Athletes and sports teams from North Carolina compete at every level of competition in the United States including NASCAR, the NBA, the NFL, the NHL, the NASL North American Soccer League, and MLL, and along with several colleges and universities in various conferences across an array of divisions.
 North Carolina is a state known for minor league sports.
 There are also a number of indoor football, indoor soccer, minor league basketball, and minor league ice hockey teams throughout the state.
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Hornets were first established in 1988 as an expansion team, but relocated to New Orleans following the 2001–02 season.
 In 2004, a new expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, was established.
 After 10 seasons as the Bobcats, the team changed its name to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014–15 season, a year after the New Orleans franchise relinquished the Hornets name and renamed itself the Pelicans.
 In addition to re-inheriting the Hornets name from New Orleans, the Charlotte franchise reclaimed the history and records of the original 1988–2002 Hornets, effectively becoming a continuation of the original franchise.
Walter Dennis Skidmore (November 19, 1903 – April 13, 1993) was an American basketball coach.
 he was best known for being the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1935 through 1939.
 Skidmore had a record of 65–25 with the Tar Heels and led his team to win the Southern Conference Tournament in 1936 and Southern Conference regular season championship in 1938.
 In his last year of coaching, Skidmore coached George Glamack who went on to become a star player at North Carolina.
 Skidmore took over coaching after Bo Shepard left as head coach due to health problems.
 Skidmore was a native of Harlan County, Kentucky, and the son of a coal miner.
 He attended Centre College in Kentucky, graduating in 1926.
 Before becoming the head basketball coach at North Carolina, Skidmore had coached the North Carolina junior varsity and Charlotte High School teams.
 He retired from coaching in 1939 and moved to Letcher County, Kentucky.
 From 1955 to 1970, Skidmore operated the Tar Heel Motel in Clinton, North Carolina.
 In April 1993, Skidmore died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at age 89.
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.
 The team is largely owned by former NBA player and North Carolina native Michael Jordan, who acquired controlling interest in the team in 2010.
 The Hornets play their home games at the Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.