UNC defensive coordinator Gene Chizik wants more physical, faster defensive play

Posted Aug 11, 2023
"We’re now in Year 2. Obviously everybody will expect everything to be better," Gene Chizik said. "It’s like anything. The more you get accustomed to calls and adjustments and things of that nature, then naturally our expectation is to play faster. I feel like, so far in camp, when you stack the reps from the spring and camp together, we are playing faster." (AOL.com)

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