(UNC RELEASE)
CHAPEL HILL --- Phil Longo, Lonnie Galloway and Brandon Jones have joined the coaching staff for North Carolina football, head coach Mack Brown announced Tuesday.
Longo, a native of New Jersey who has been at Ole Miss for the last two seasons, will serve as UNC's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Galloway, a North Carolina native with extensive coaching experience both in the state and throughout the region, will coach the Tar Heel wide receivers.
Jones, who has spent the last two seasons at Texas Tech and coached five seasons at ECU, will lead the offensive line.
“Phil Longo, Lonnie Galloway and Brandon Jones are three outstanding coaches, recruiters, teachers and mentors of young men," Brown said. "Phil has been one of the most successful play callers in college football for many years and at every level. Lonnie and Brandon have tremendous ties to the state of North Carolina and will continue to build on their strong relationships with the great high school coaches in this state. I am so excited at how our coaching staff is taking shape and look forward to announcing the final pieces very soon.”
Phil Longo - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
One of the top offensive coaches in college football, Longo comes to UNC after two successful seasons at Ole Miss. The Rebels have ranked in the top 20 in total offense both seasons, including averaging 510.5 yards per game in 2018, good for ninth-best nationally.
Prior to his time in Oxford, Long built an offensive powerhouse at the FCS level at Sam Houston State. SHSU reached the FCS playoffs all three seasons Longo was on the staff (2014-16) and won a pair of Southland Conference titles, including a 12-1 showing in 2016 when the Bearkats led all FCS programs in total offense with 547.3 yards per game. A 1992 graduate of Rowan University, Longo had prior stints as offensive coordinator at Slippery Rock (2012-13), Southern Illinois (2008-09) and Minnesota-Duluth (2006-07). He was also the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at D-III William Patterson University (2000-01) and the head coach at La Salle (2004-05).
Lonnie Galloway - Wide Receivers
A talented recruiter and coach who has more than two decades of collegiate coaching experience, Galloway comes to Chapel Hill after four seasons at Louisville. While at Louisville, Galloway co-coordinated an offense featuring Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, leader of an offense ranked No. 1 in the ACC and No. 3 in the NCAA in total offense (532.7 yards per game) in 2016.
No stranger to the ACC and the state of North Carolina, Galloway was a four-year letterman and all-conference quarterback at Western Carolina from 1990-93. He began his coaching career at Elon (1996-02) before stints with ECU (2003-04), Appalachian State (2005-07), West Virginia (2008-10, 2013-15) and Wake Forest (2011-12).
Brandon Jones - Offensive Line
A two-year starter at center for Texas Tech, Jones joins the Carolina staff after two seasons as the offensive line coach at his alma mater. Prior to his time in Lubbock, Jones spent two seasons at Cal as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach after a five-year stint coaching the offensive line at ECU.
A native of Dallas, Jones has helped teams to bowl games eight times in his young career, including in six of the last eight seasons. Jones' teams have had great offensive success, with both Cal and ECU ranking in the top 10 nationally in total offense during his tenure. His first full-time position came at Sam Houston State in 2009 after spending two years as an offensive assistant at Texas Tech following his playing career.
CHAPEL HILL --- Phil Longo, Lonnie Galloway and Brandon Jones have joined the coaching staff for North Carolina football, head coach Mack Brown announced Tuesday.
Longo, a native of New Jersey who has been at Ole Miss for the last two seasons, will serve as UNC's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Galloway, a North Carolina native with extensive coaching experience both in the state and throughout the region, will coach the Tar Heel wide receivers.
Jones, who has spent the last two seasons at Texas Tech and coached five seasons at ECU, will lead the offensive line.
“Phil Longo, Lonnie Galloway and Brandon Jones are three outstanding coaches, recruiters, teachers and mentors of young men," Brown said. "Phil has been one of the most successful play callers in college football for many years and at every level. Lonnie and Brandon have tremendous ties to the state of North Carolina and will continue to build on their strong relationships with the great high school coaches in this state. I am so excited at how our coaching staff is taking shape and look forward to announcing the final pieces very soon.”
Phil Longo - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
One of the top offensive coaches in college football, Longo comes to UNC after two successful seasons at Ole Miss. The Rebels have ranked in the top 20 in total offense both seasons, including averaging 510.5 yards per game in 2018, good for ninth-best nationally.
Prior to his time in Oxford, Long built an offensive powerhouse at the FCS level at Sam Houston State. SHSU reached the FCS playoffs all three seasons Longo was on the staff (2014-16) and won a pair of Southland Conference titles, including a 12-1 showing in 2016 when the Bearkats led all FCS programs in total offense with 547.3 yards per game. A 1992 graduate of Rowan University, Longo had prior stints as offensive coordinator at Slippery Rock (2012-13), Southern Illinois (2008-09) and Minnesota-Duluth (2006-07). He was also the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at D-III William Patterson University (2000-01) and the head coach at La Salle (2004-05).
Lonnie Galloway - Wide Receivers
A talented recruiter and coach who has more than two decades of collegiate coaching experience, Galloway comes to Chapel Hill after four seasons at Louisville. While at Louisville, Galloway co-coordinated an offense featuring Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, leader of an offense ranked No. 1 in the ACC and No. 3 in the NCAA in total offense (532.7 yards per game) in 2016.
No stranger to the ACC and the state of North Carolina, Galloway was a four-year letterman and all-conference quarterback at Western Carolina from 1990-93. He began his coaching career at Elon (1996-02) before stints with ECU (2003-04), Appalachian State (2005-07), West Virginia (2008-10, 2013-15) and Wake Forest (2011-12).
Brandon Jones - Offensive Line
A two-year starter at center for Texas Tech, Jones joins the Carolina staff after two seasons as the offensive line coach at his alma mater. Prior to his time in Lubbock, Jones spent two seasons at Cal as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach after a five-year stint coaching the offensive line at ECU.
A native of Dallas, Jones has helped teams to bowl games eight times in his young career, including in six of the last eight seasons. Jones' teams have had great offensive success, with both Cal and ECU ranking in the top 10 nationally in total offense during his tenure. His first full-time position came at Sam Houston State in 2009 after spending two years as an offensive assistant at Texas Tech following his playing career.
