North Carolina named former Alabama quarterback Freddie Kitchens as the Tar Heels’ interim head coach on Sunday. He takes the reins from Mack Brown with UNC preparing to complete its season with a bowl trip. Kitchens is in his second season as the Tar Heels’ tight-ends coach and run-game coordinator.

Run game coordinator and tight ends coach Freddie Kitchens will lead the UNC football program as its interim head coach.

Per the team's official website, they've named Freddie Kitchens as their interim head coach in place of Mack Brown. Brown was fired by North Carolina following their 41-21 loss to Boston College on Nov. 23, and his last day with the program is Sunday, Dec. 1.

Former NFL head coach Freddie Kitchens will serve as interim coach for North Carolina's expected bowl game after the recent firing of Mack Brown. Kitchens served as run game coordinator

Kitchens, who served a year as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, joined Mack Brown’s staff in February 2023.

Following the departure of college football coaching legend Mack Brown, the University of North Carolina named former Alabama quarterback, Freddie Kitchens, as interim head coach. Freddie Kitchens, an NFL coaching veteran who has served as run game coordinator and tight ends coach at the University of North Carolina for the

UNC tight ends coach and run game coordinator Freddie Kitchens will serve as interim head coach for the upcoming bowl game, the university announced on Sunday. After working on the Tar Heels staff for the last two seasons, Kitchens is fulfilling the duties for the recently departed Brown, whose officially stepped down as head coach on Sunday.

Former Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens has been named the interim head coach at the University of North Carolina, the school announced Sunday. Kitchens, 50, has served as the Tarheels’ run game coordinator and tight ends coach for the past two seasons after being hired in February 2023.