Mike Leach's Far-Reaching Impact on UNC Football

Posted Dec 13, 2022
While future UNC football coach Larry Fedora was in Colorado Springs in the late 1990s imploring his boss to add a passing option to his scheme to expand the field both horizontally and vertically, New Jersey high school coach and future UNC offensive coordinator Phil Longo made the drive down to Lexington to attend a clinic Mike Leach was hosting. (Inside Carolina)

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