CHAPEL HILL – The University of North Carolina has named 35-year veteran Randy Clements its new offensive line coach, Head Coach Mack Brown announced on Wednesday. Clements is a renowned offensive line coach, who has spent 20 seasons mentoring the position group at the collegiate level.
Clements has a track record of being one of the top offensive line coaches in the country. From 2010-20, he was part of nine offenses that ranked among the top 13 in the country including three straight No. 1-ranked units from 2013-15 at Baylor. He comes to Carolina after spending the last two years at North Texas.
“We’re excited that Randy, his wife Polly, and their sons Jordan and Jayson are a part of the Carolina football family,” Brown said. “Randy is a tough, hard-nosed offensive line coach that has a tremendous amount of experience working in systems similar to our offense. He’s helped produce explosive offenses everywhere he’s been, while showing a knack for protecting the quarterback and limiting negative plays. Randy has shown an aptitude for identifying and developing offensive linemen and his attention to detail shows in his linemen’s ability to play with great technique. The teams he’s been a part of have consistently run the ball effectively, and everyone we talked to thought very highly of him as a coach and leader of young men. I believe Randy is the perfect fit for our offensive system moving forward and we can’t wait for him to get to Chapel Hill and get to work.”
During the 2022 season, Clements’ unit was one of the toughest in the country, while running a similar scheme to the UNC attack. The Mean Green offensive line paved the way for 201.7 rushing yards per game, which ranked 24th nationally and second in Conference USA. The group ranked ninth nationally in both sacks and tackles-for-loss allowed, giving up just 11 sacks all season and four TFL per game. As a result, UNT averaged 33.9 points and 453.8 yards per game, which ranked 29th and 20th in the country, respectively.
In Clements’ first season with UNT, he worked as a volunteer coach with the offensive line. That unit helped the Mean Green rush for 233.5 yards per game, which ranked fifth nationally and first in the conference. The group also finished the year ranked 10th nationally in sacks allowed and 21st in tackles-for-loss allowed.
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