Chizik sees UNC as another chance at a title

Posted Feb 6, 2015
New North Carolina defensive coordinator Gene Chizik has earned nods at the highest level of college football as a National Championship head coach at Auburn and the defensive architect of a title team at Texas. "Gene's pedigree speaks for itself,” UNC head coach Larry Fedora said. “All these kids know who he is, they know what he's accomplished. So you get instant credibility." (WRAL Sports Fan)

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