John Papuchis Added To UNC's Defensive Staff

Posted Feb 2, 2015
UNC head football coach Larry Fedora announced Monday that John Papuchis has been hired as a defensive assistant coach. Papuchis was most recently on Nebraska’s staff from 2008-14, including the last three as the Huskers’ defensive coordinator. Prior to joining Bo Pelini’s Nebraska staff in 2008, he worked at LSU under Nick Saban from 2004-07 and was a graduate assistant at Kansas. (GoHeels.com)

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