While UNC’s offense and defense both pretty much exceeded everybody’s expectations last year in UNC’s return to national relevance, its special teams, a near- complete unknown when Mack Brown took over, were pretty much at or below expectation for the year. Brown, dissatisfied, fired special teams coordinator Scott Boone, who he’d brought on, for new coach Jovan Dewitt. All that is to say the unit’s got a lot of continuity in personnel, but they’re still starting fresh thanks to the coaching change and the pandemic, and we know they’re facing high expectations after Brown’s reaction to last year.
UNC Football Position Previews: Special Teams
