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Bill Belichick wants to keep his options open — wide open.
The legendary NFL coach talked recently with the University of North Carolina about its vacant football coach position, sources confirmed to CBS Sports with Inside Carolina first reporting the interview. Those across the league have been dubious that Belichick would go to the college ranks, which is something in his half-century career he’s never done.
But furthering the intrigue around Belichick and the Carolina job, representatives from the university again met with Belichick on Thursday in Manhattan, according to multiple sources.
These talks with UNC align with what sources have said for months about Belichick, who doesn’t want to be shut out of a coaching job for a second straight hiring cycle.
“He has literally been open to all of it,” a source familiar with Belichick said last month.
Belichick has been in pursuit of Don Shula’s all-time wins record, and the soon-to-be 73-year-old coach can’t get any closer to it with the Tar Heels. Belichick’s 302 regular-season victories are 27 behind Shula’s 328. Including playoffs, Belichick has 333 wins to Shula’s 347. Belichick needs 15 wins to break Shula’s all-time record for wins both in the regular season and postseason.
And it’s not just breaking Shula’s record, either. Sources have indicated Belichick has hoped to break it and then keep it. Chiefs coach Andy Reid has a combined 295 victories. With five years left on his contract and Patrick Mahomes as his quarterback, the 66-year-old Reid could very plausibly get and keep the record.
North Carolina has signaled to interested and available candidates that it hopes to have a coach installed by early next week at the latest, just as the transfer portal officially opens. Tulane coach Jon Sumrall (who happens to be an hour north of Manhattan as the Green Wave face Army on Friday night), Georgia defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann…
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Author : Jonathan Jones
Publish date : 2024-12-06 18:19:00
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