Art Kaufman Adjusting to Defensive Coordinator Role

Posted Aug 18, 2011
It only took a matter of hours for Everett Withers to name Art Kaufman as his defensive coordinator after receiving North Carolina’s interim head coaching job on July 28. After all, the two old-school football coaches are cut from the same cloth. Kaufman, in his third year at UNC, was an obvious choice for the promotion to Withers’ former role. (Inside Carolina)

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