Immediately following the bowl-game loss to South Carolina, head coach Mack Brown stated that changes needed to be made.

[1][2] The following day, the school announced the hires of Gene Chizik and Charlton Warren to fill the vacant positions on social media.

On February 28, 2022, a day before the beginning of the Tar Heels' spring practice, offensive line coach Stacy Searels left the team to take the same position with Georgia.

[4] The next day, as spring practice kicked off, it was reported by The Athletic's Bruce Feldman and other sources that the Tar Heels were targeting Louisville OL coach Jack Bicknell Jr. for the vacant position, though nothing official was announced by either school.

[7] Prior to fall camp getting started, Frank Wilson was added to the staff as senior special teams analyst.

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Drake Maye Tylee Craft Following the ACC Championship Game multiple outlets reported on December 7, 2022 that offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Phil Longo was accepting the same job at Wisconsin.

[44] On December 14, 2022, the Tar Heels made their first move to fill the vacancies, hiring Randy Clements as their new offensive line coach.

One update to the policy was the institution of transfer windows, with entry periods designated by when specific seasons end (previously players could enter at their discretion any time before the portal closed).