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North Carolina run game coordinator and tight ends coach Freddie Kitchens will be the Tar Heels' interim head coach for their bowl game, via Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.
On Tuesday, North Carolina announced that head coach Mack Brown would not return for the 2025 season.
Kitchens has NFL head coaching experience, operating in the role for the Cleveland Browns in 2019. He also served as the New York Giants' offensive coordinator in 2021 and later joined the Tar Heels' staff in Feb. 2023.
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