UNC hires Army's Bateman as co-defensive coordinator

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has hired Army's Jay Bateman to serve as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.

The school announced the move Sunday.

Bateman spent the past five seasons at Army, with this year's team ranking ninth in total defense by allowing 293.5 yards per game. Bateman joins the staff of new coach Mack Brown, who previously named Tommy Thigpen as the other co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

Brown is starting his second stint with the Tar Heels after replacing Larry Fedora, who was fired after seven seasons.

___

More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and http://www.twitter.com/AP\_Top25