WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & SportsCoiner named assistant coach at Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Charlie Coiner, a veteran college and NFL coach, has been named special teams and tight ends coach at Tennessee.

He most recently was a defensive and special teams assistant at North Carolina in 2010. Before that he spent nine seasons with the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills.

Coiner began his coaching career at Appalachian State in 1983.

He's also coached at Minnesota, Austin Peay, Vanderbilt, Texas Southern, Louisville, UT-Chattanooga and LSU.

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