Tommy Thigpen

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Tommy Thigpen is returning home once again.

The former North Carolina All-ACC linebacker and assistant coach has agreed to terms to join Larry Fedora’s Tar Heel coaching staff, according to multiple sources.

Thigpen spent the past five seasons as the linebackers coach at Tennessee after working on Gene Chizik’s staff at Auburn from 2009-2012. He got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at UNC under Carl Torbush in 1998-99 and eventually returned to Chapel Hill to coach linebackers from 2005-2008.

Thigpen brings an impressive reputation as a recruiter to UNC’s coaching staff. He was named Rivals.com’s National Recruiter of the Year in 2014.