Former UNC defensive coordinator Gene Chizik loving life doing dad things

Posted Aug 24, 2018
In February 2017, Gene Chizik walked away from coaching after two seasons as North Carolina’s defensive coordinator . It was time not to just preach family first but "to walk the walk." Chizik saw only two of Cally’s football games and a pair of baseball games in two years at UNC, while his family remaining in Auburn. "Being away from home for two years was difficult for everybody." (Tampa Bay Times)

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