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Bill Belichick spent 48 years coaching in the NFL, nearly half of which was spent turning the New England Patriots into one of the greatest dynasties the sport has ever seen.
Now, the NFL’s second-winningest coach (including playoffs) is reportedly taking on a new challenge: college football.
Belichick has agreed to become the new head coach at North Carolina, according to multiple reports. The agreement will land the 72-year-old his first college head coaching job on what The Athletic reports will be a three-year, $30 million contract.
Belichick will need to quickly acclimate to working with younger players and get used to the massive yearly roster turnover that has come with the transfer portal. Those will be just two of the factors that will make Belichick’s transition to college coaching fascinating to watch.
But the main one? No NFL coach with Belichick’s level of success has ever dropped from the professional to the college ranks. It will be on him to prove that his unparalleled NFL achievements can also be had at the NCAA level.
Here’s more on just how unprecedented Belichick’s transition to college football will be.
The latest: Bill Belichick finalizing deal to become North Carolina football coach, per reports
College coaches with the most NFL wins
Belichick will be the winningest NFL coach to coach at the college level. He has racked up a whopping 302 regular-season wins during his NFL coaching career (333 wins if you count the playoffs); no other coach to go from the NFL to college has ever had more than 95 (Lou Saban).
Below is a look at the coaches who had 40-plus NFL regular-season wins when they took on college coaching jobs, according to data from Pro Football Reference:
Bill Belichick, UNC: 302
Lou Saban, Miami (Fla.): 95
Bill Walsh, Stanford: 92
Lovie Smith, Illinois: 89
Dave Wannstedt, Pitt: 82
Forrest Gregg,…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2024-12-11 23:21:00
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