Tommy Thigpen Joins UNC Football Staff
Posted Jan 9, 2018
Former All-ACC linebacker and veteran coach Tommy Thigpen has returned to the UNC football coaching staff. Thigpen, who played at Carolina for Mack Brown, was a graduate assistant under Carl Torbush and spent four seasons coaching linebackers under John Bunting and Butch Davis, returns to Chapel Hill after stints at Auburn and Tennessee.
(GoHeels.com)
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