Can the Tar Heels put up a defense this season?
Posted Jul 20, 2015
The 2014 UNC defense was historically bad. Former Auburn coach Gene Chizik was hired by coach Larry Fedora as the Tar Heels’ defensive coordinator, charged with the task of fixing what was so obviously broken. Speaking Monday at the 2015 ACC Football Kickoff, senior linebacker Jeff Schoettmer was blunt about last year’s problems and this year’s hope that those issues can be resolved.
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
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