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Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick will be named the next coach of the North Carolina football program, sources tell CBS Sports, completing one of the biggest surprises in recent football history and pausing — if not potentially ending — Belichick’s chase for the NFL all-time wins record.
Belichick has agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal, according to The Athletic, which will reportedly be approved by the UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday.
Belichick brings to college perhaps the best coaching resume in history: 333 NFL wins, eight total Super Bowl victories (two as an assistant) and 12 Super Bowl appearances. At age 72, he will be making his first foray into college football after a half-century in the professional ranks, and he does so promising to deliver a pro-like program for the Tar Heels.
Belichick’s interest in UNC and the finalization of this deal were first reported by Inside Carolina, marking the earliest known contact he had with a college job since leaving the New England Patriots in 2023.
For North Carolina, a school best known for its men’s basketball program, the football team credibly moves from a national championship coach in Mack Brown to a multi-time Super Bowl winner in Belichick whose resume can be used to further entice recruits and transfer players hoping to make it to the NFL.
The Tar Heels have produced just one double-digit win season since the turn of the century, and the school now appears poised to spend millions of dollars hoping to break through into the upper echelons with Belichick leading the charge.
The UNC community has spent the last week split about the Belichick hire. His age and perceived level of commitment were at the forefront of those worries given Belichick is only eight months…
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Author : Jonathan Jones
Publish date : 2024-12-11 23:12:00
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