Tar Heels aiming for significant defensive improvement with Gene Chizik

Posted Jul 21, 2015
To hear Larry Fedora tell the story, there was only one choice to turn around what was a disastrous North Carolina defense in 2014. The Tar Heels coach tabbed championship-winning coach Gene Chizik, a longtime competitor in three different conferences, as his next defensive coordinator in January, joining college football's assistant coaches "arms race" in the process. (FOX Sports)

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