That’s how one coach who knows Will Healy well described the 34-year-old head coach of the Charlotte 49ers. No, that’s not an XFL team. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has had a Division I football program since 2013. In 2015, Charlotte joined the FBS ranks in Conference USA.

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After the 2018 season, Charlotte hired Healy, the peach-fuzzed reigning FCS national coach of the year who just revived FCS doormat Austin Peay into a playoff team. In his first season at Charlotte, Healy has clinched the team’s first winning season at 7-5.