Английская Википедия:2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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The 2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. North Carolina finished the season 11–3 overall and 8–0 in ACC play to win the ACC Coastal Division title. They represented the Coastal Division in the ACC Championship Game, where they lost to Atlantic Division champion Clemson. They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl, where they lost to Baylor.

Recruiting

National Signing Day was on February 4, 2015, and was the first chance for high school seniors to officially declare which university or college they will be attending for their college career. North Carolina had 19 high school seniors sign a National Letter of Intent to play football with them. Of the class, 10 athletes enrolled early to UNC.

Coaching staff

North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his fourth year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2015 season. After ranking as one of the worst defenses in the country in 2014, Fedora completely revamped the Tar Heel defensive coaching staff. Fedora hired Gene Chizik as the new defensive coordinator. Chizik was most recently the head coach at Auburn, where he led the Tigers to a national championship in 2011. With the coaching change, UNC also switched from a 4-2-5 base defense to a 4–3 defense. Other defensive coaching hires include John Papuchis, former defensive coordinator at Nebraska, as linebackers coach, Tray Scott as defensive line coach, and Charlton Warren as defensive backs coach.

Coaches for the 2015 season

Name	Position	Seasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora	Head coach	4th
Gene Chizik	Defensive coordinator	1st
Gunter Brewer	Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers	4th (9th overall)
Chris Kapilovic	Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line	2nd (4th overall)
Seth Littrell	Assistant head coach for offense/tight ends	2nd
Keith Heckendorf	Quarterbacks	2nd
John Papuchis	Linebackers coach	1st
Tray Scott	Defensive line coach	1st
Charlton Warren	Defensive backs coach	1st
Lou Hernandez	Strength and conditioning coordinator	4th

Schedule

North Carolina is the only FBS team that played all of its 2015 regular-season games, both home and away, on grass fields.

Postseason

All-Conference Selections

First Team

• Elijah Hood – Running back

• Landon Turner - Guard

Second Team

• Marquise Williams - Quarterback

• Mack Hollins – Wide receiver

• Jon Heck – Offensive tackle

• Caleb Peterson - Guard

• M. J. Stewart - Cornerback

• Ryan Switzer - Specialist

Third Team

• Ryan Switzer – Wide receiver

• Quinshad Davis – Wide receiver

• Lucas Crowley - Center

• Nazair Jones - Defensive tackle

• Shakeel Rashad - Linebacker

• Des Lawrence - Cornerback Шаблон:Col-end

All-American Selections

• Landon Turner, Offensive Line (AP, Athlon)
• Ryan Switzer, All-purpose / return specialist (AFCA)

NFL draft

For the second year in a row, North Carolina did not have any players selected in the NFL Draft.

The following players signed as undrafted free agents:

Name	Position	Team
Quinshad Davis	Wide receiver	Detroit Lions
Romar Morris	Running back	New York Jets
Shakeel Rashad	Linebacker	Houston Texans
Jeff Schoettmer	Linebacker	New Orleans Saints
Landon Turner	Guard	New Orleans Saints
Marquise Williams	Quarterback	Minnesota Vikings