Gene Chizik reflects on first days back at North Carolina

Posted Jan 17, 2022
Gene Chizik is back in Chapel Hill. UNC hired Chizik as the Tar Heels’ co-defensive coordinator alongside Charlton Warren. Chizik was North Carolina’s defensive coordinator in 2015-2016. He resigned in 2017. On Friday, Chizik tweeted a message reflecting on his return to Chapel Hill. “Feels like home. I’m Gene Chizik and I’m a Tar Heel!” (On3.com)

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