Report Gene Chizik to be North Carolina defensive

Gene Chizik has tasted the E.J. Speed Jersey highs and lows during his time as a college football coach.North Carolina is hoping it gets the Chizik who was a big part of national Zaire Franklin Jersey championship-winning teams at Texas and Auburn.MORE: | | Chizik is expected to become UNC's defensive coordinator, according to ESPN.com's Joe Schad.Gene Chizik expected to take DC job at UNC sources tell ESPN Joe Schad (@schadjoe) The Xavier Rhodes Jersey Tar Heels need help on that side of the ball big time. They were 117th in the nation this season, allowing 497.8 yards per game, and 116th in scoring defense (39.0 Marlon Mack Jersey points per game).North Carolina finished 6-7, losing to Rutgers, 40-27 in the Jonathan Taylor T Shirts Quick Lane Bowl. Vic Koenning was dismi sed as the team's defensive coordinator in December.Chizik was Tommy Tuberville's defensive Alec Pierce Jersey coordinator in 2004 when Auburn went undefeated (but did not play for the national title). The Tigers had the nation's top scoring defense and were fifth in total defense. He then left to be defensive coordinator at Texas for Mack Brown and helped the BoPete Keyes Jersey Longhorns to the 2005 BCS title.He went 5-19 in two seasons as Jordan Murray Jersey Iowa State's head coach before Auburn hired him to replace Tuberville. After going 8-5 in his first season in 2009, he signed junior college QB Cam Newton and the Tigers went 14-0 in Rodney Thomas Jersey 2010, beating Oregon, 22-19, for the BCS championship.But after Newton's departure to the NFL he was the Andrew Sendejo Jersey No. 1 overall pick to the Panthers Auburn dropped to 8-5 and Chizik was fired the following season after going 3-9.Chizik has been out of coaching the past two seasons.