Gene Chizik, shown here in 2015, is returning to North Carolina as assistant head coach for defense. He previously worked with the Tar Heels in 2015-16. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) AP ...

Gene Chizik, who guided Auburn to the 2010 national title, is returning to North Carolina to serve as Mack Brown's "assistant head coach for defense." Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 ...

That much may be true, but Chizik is also changing the scheme at North Carolina, moving from Vic Koenning’s 4-2-5 defense to a more traditional 4-3. That leaves Chizik trying to figure out how ...

Chizik’s ties to North Carolina head coach Mack Brown are certainly in play here. Chizik was the defensive coordinator at Texas under Brown in 2005 and 2006, when the Longhorns won a national title.

New North Carolina defensive assistant Gene Chizik shot down the notion that he was hired back to the Tar Heels' staff to serve as a head coach-in-waiting under Mack Brown.Chizik, who returns for ...

The 2022 season will mark the return for Chizik and Warren to North Carolina. Both coached at UNC in similar roles in 2015-16. The Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division in 2015 and finished the ...

North Carolina added two coaches — including former Auburn head coach Gene Chizik — to its defensive staff on Saturday, one day after parting ways with defensive coordinator Jay Bateman and ...

North Carolina has mutually parted ways with defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, the school announced Wednesday. Additionally, senior defensive analyst Ted Monachino will be replacing Tim Cross as ...

On Wednesday, North Carolina announced that defensive coordinator Gene Chizik would not return in 2024. He was sent packing after his defense ranked 95th nationally (one year removed from ranking ...

North Carolina defensive coordinator Gene Chizik directs his defensive squad during the Tar Heels football practice on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 at Navy Field in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina has hired former Auburn football coach Gene Chizik as assistant head coach for defense, the school announced Saturday. Chizik had been out of coaching, spending the past several ...

Gene Chizik is stepping down as the defensive coordinator at North Carolina to spend more time with his family, a source told FOX Sports Thursday. The 55-year-old Chizik has run the Tar Heels ...