UNC's Defense Gets Back to the Basics

Posted Apr 6, 2015
North Carolina defensive coordinator Gene Chizik is building his foundation from the ground level after schematic confusion undermined the Tar Heels’ effectiveness in recent years. As UNC concludes spring ball this week, Chizik and his defensive staff have taken a bare bones approach that has stressed concepts before scheme and fundamentals before anything else. (Inside Carolina)

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