In December 2024, UNC hired 8-time Super Bowl Champion Bill Belichick to be their next head coach. Belichick started his coaching career with the then-Baltimore Colts in 1975, coaching in the NFL until January 2024 with the New England Patriots.

A day after going through the media wringer at ACC kickoff, the new North Carolina coach got a taste of what goes into college-football coaching at the annual Pigskin Preview luncheon.

Were you waiting for a hoodwinked boyfriend to show up at ACC media days? Nothing to see here. Bill Belichick is just North Carolina's football coach.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq as Bill Belichick 'trying to impress his girlfriend' with North Carolina job, Paul Finebaum says.

Bill Belichick’s relationship with Jordon Hudson has created a cloud of attention around the UNC football program, but players insist they’re unbothered by the noise.

“It’s a pro program,” Belichick said. “Practice, training, food, schemes, terminology, it’s all a pro program. Not to the extent that we did it in the NFL — there will be fewer plays, fewer adjustments — but it will be along those lines.”

First-year North Carolina coach Bill Belichick shrugged off concerns his personal life potentially created a distraction within the football team, describing it as "noise."

For the Tar Heels’ season opener on Sept. 1 against TCU, ESPN will air a special one-hour College Football Countdown show live from the sidelines of Kenan Stadium, per a press release. The game will kick off on Labor Day night, capping off the sport’s first full weekend of action.