North Carolina Tar Heels interim head coach Everett Withers will join Urban Meyer's Ohio St. Buckeyes staff as an assistant coach, according to the Gainesville Sun's Pat Dooley. As he's a defensive coach by trade, it's not exactly clear what his role in Columbus would be, since Luke Fickell retained defensive coordinator duties after Meyer took the head coach title.
Everett Withers To Join Ohio State Coaching Staff, According To Report
@pat_dooley Ohio State's hiring of Everett Withers will be announced later today. Big hire for Urban Meyer. He loves the guy.
But former Arizona Wildcats coach Mike Stoops was reportedly a co-defensive coordinator target. That sort of arrangement could still be the plan, or this could be a sign that Fickell is leaving for the Pittsburgh Panthers job or elsewhere.
Withers fashioned a 7-5 record out of a UNC team that lost head coach Butch Davis just before the season began. His 2009 defense ranked No. 6 in the country, while his 2010 squad ranked No. 30.
Other than a year with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, he's yet to coach outside of the Southeast since 1988.
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