CONFIRMED: UNC to Hire Withers

ACC BasketBlog found this 2/18/2008 on northcarolina.scout.com [flag]

“Everett is one of the brightest defensive minds in all of football,” said Minnesota coach Tim Brewster. “When you hire high-quality individuals they are always going to be in demand. It has always been a dream of Everett’s to coach at the University of North Carolina and it would have been very difficult for him to not pursue this opportunity. Everett has truly been an asset to our program as ... [link]

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The Daily Roundup: Monday
Published 2/18/2008 by Ed at ACC BasketBlog
... Report: UNC to Hire Withers : "Minnesota defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Everett Withers has decided to take the same position at North Carolina, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting. According to the paper, Withers accepted the job on Sunday." ...

UNC Hires Defensive Coordinator
Published 2/19/2008 by Tar Heel Fan at Tar Heel Fan
... Well that did not take long. UNC has hired Minnesota defensive coordinator and DB coach Everett Withers to replace Chuck Pagano who left last week for the NFL. It is probably worth mentioning that Minnesota was dead last in total defense among D-I schools. The standard explanations I am seeing for this are related to the level of talent Withers had to work with at Minnesota. If the Scout.com recruiting rankings mean anything, this was probably the case since Minnesota has not been higher than 56th in the rankings since 2004 until 2008 when they had the 28th ...

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