Report: UNC Football to Hire Freddie Kitchens as New Tight Ends Coach

Posted Feb 27, 2023
Sources report that Mack Brown is set to hire Freddie Kitchens as tight ends coach / run game coordinator. Kitchens, who spent last season as a senior football analyst at South Carolina, previously served as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns for one season in 2019. Kitchens replaces John Lilly, who left UNC for the same position with the Carolina Panthers. (Football Scoop)

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