Personal Life
Chizik is married to Jonna Chizik, the daughter of his high school football coach.They have identical twin daughters named Landry and Kennedy, as well as a son, Cally. Cally is named after a former player that Chizik coached at Stephen F. Austin State University, Calloway "Cally" Presley Belcher. Belcher and Chizik had a very close relationship and Chizik named his son Cally in honor of Belcher who died of a brain aneurysm after suffering a hit to the head in practice.
Chizik earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Florida in 1986, and went on to receive a master's degree in guidance and counseling from Clemson University in 1991.
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