{"id":158815,"date":"2022-12-15T18:44:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/unc-hires-chip-lindsey-as-offensive-coordinator\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T18:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:44:05","slug":"unc-hires-chip-lindsey-as-offensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/unc-hires-chip-lindsey-as-offensive-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Hires Chip Lindsey as Offensive Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHAPEL HILL, NC \u2014 North Carolina’s search for an offensive coordinator ended with Chip Lindsey on Thursday, the Central Florida assistant coach leaving the Knights after one season to take the same position with coach Mack Brown and the Tar Heels.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old Lindsey spent three seasons as the head coach at Troy from 2019-21, where his teams went 15-19, after offensive coordinator stops at Southern Mississippi (2014-15), Arizona State (2016) and Auburn ( 2017-18). He directed offenses under coach Todd Monken at Southern Miss, coach Todd Graham at Arizona State, and coach Gus Malzahn at Auburn and UCF.<\/p>\n
Brown hired Lindsey eight days after UNC’s offensive coordinator job came open, when Phil Longo left the Tar Heels to join Luke Fickell’s new staff at Wisconsin. Offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. followed Longo last week in departing UNC for Wisconsin, and the Tar Heels replaced Bicknell with new offensive line coach Randy Clements on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Brown added passing game coordinator to UNC receivers coach Lonnie Galloway’s title and running game coordinator to UNC tight ends coach John Lilly’s title on Thursday. The Tar Heels (9-4) meet Oregon (9-3) on Dec. 28 in the Holiday Bowl.<\/p>\n
With Longo calling UNC’s plays across the last four seasons, the Tar Heels featured some of the most productive and explosive offensive units in school history, with star quarterbacks Sam Howell (2019-2021) and Drake Maye at the controls. The redshirt freshman Maye emerged as ACC Player of the Year, ACC Offensive Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year and ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year this season.<\/p>\n
Sources have told Inside Carolina<\/em> that, in some form, Maye was a part of the interviewing process that ultimately had Brown settling on Lindsey as UNC’s new offensive coordinator. Brown prioritized a proven background in quarterback coaching during the offensive coordinator search, sources said.<\/p>\n Behind Longo’s Air Raid scheme, the Tar Heels ranked No. 15 nationally and No. 2 in the ACC in total offense with 473.6 yards per game. Maye and go-to receiver Josh Downs, the first-team All-ACC selection, powered an aerial attack that ranked No. 9 nationally and No. 1 in the ACC with 317.2 passing yards per game. Maye topped the ACC in passing (4,115 yards for 316.5 yards per game), passing touchdowns (35), completion percentage (67.2 percent), and a number of other categories.<\/p>\n