CHAPEL HILL --- Billy High has joined the North Carolina football staff as director of football recruiting and assistant athletics director, head coach Mack Brown announced Monday. High comes to Carolina after serving in the same role at Auburn.

High oversaw the player personnel and on-campus recruiting departments while at Auburn, where he spent two seasons. Prior to Auburn, High spent one season as a defensive quality control coach at Eastern Kentucky and four years as a teacher and assistant coach at the Christian Academy of Knoxville. A 2012 graduate of the University of Tennessee, High got his start in college athletics in the spring of 2009 when he served as a recruiting intern with the Vols. He also received his master's in teacher education from UT in 2015.

“Billy High is one of the best young recruiting minds in college football," Brown said. "His background as a teacher, coach and athletics administrator has uniquely prepared him to lead our recruiting efforts at Carolina. His system of identification and evaluation, along with his marketing and customer service skills, combined with all the things that make this University and this football program so special will help us achieve our goals of winning championships with great players from North Carolina and beyond.”

Brown completed his new coaching staff earlier this month. Leading the offense is Phil Longo, as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He's joined by Robert Gillespie on running backs, Lonnie Galloway on wide receivers, Tim Brewster on tight ends, and Stacy Searels on the offensive line.

The defense has a shared coordinator title between Jay Bateman and Tommy Thigpen, while the defensive position coaches are Tim Cross on defensive line, Thigpen on linebackers, Dre Bly on cornerbacks, and Bateman on safeties. Scott Boone will lead special teams, while also helping out with outside linebackers.

Brian Hess is the head of the strength and conditioning program, while veterans Darrell Moody and Sparky Woods were hired as senior advisors to the head coach.

"I could not be more excited about the staff we have assembled to recruit, coach, lead and mentor football champions in Chapel Hill," Brown said.