CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has hired Robert Gillespie as an assistant football coach.
The school announced the move Wednesday. Gillespie had spent the past five seasons as running backs coach at Tennessee under former coach Butch Jones. He was initially expected to stay on under new coach Jeremy Pruitt before the two sides parted ways in February, with Pruitt hiring Chris Weinke.
UNC coach Larry Fedora cited Gillespie’s “well-earned reputation as a great offensive coach and recruiter” in a statement from the school. Gillespie has also coached running backs at West Virginia, Oklahoma State and South Carolina.
___
More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25
Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC.
The Washington Times Comment Policy
The Washington Times is switching its third-party commenting system from Disqus to Spot.IM. You will need to either create an account with Spot.im or if you wish to use your Disqus account look under the Conversation for the link "Have a Disqus Account?". Please read our
Comment Policy before commenting.