Former North Carolina linebacker Tommy Thigpen has returned to UNC for his second stint on the coaching staff.
Thigpen, an All-ACC linebacker under Mack Brown, is back in Chapel Hill after coaching stops at Auburn and Tennessee. Thigpen will coach the Tar Heels linebackers.
“We are excited to bring Tommy back to Carolina,” head coach Larry Fedora said. “He will bring intensity into the building both as a coach and as a recruiter, and I know he has a great passion for this program and this University. We welcome him, his wife Jacinda and their two daughters back into the Tar Heel family.