UNC ready to ‘move on’ with football coaching search

Posted Nov 29, 2011
Sources have indicated that the next Tar Heel leader will come from a group of five candidates that have already been scheduled for interviews. They are (in no particular order) Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and head coaches Kevin Sumlin of Houston, Troy Calhoun of Air Force, Larry Fedora of Southern Mississippi and Cincinnati’s Butch Jones. (Wilmington Star News)

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