Bill Belichick isn’t going to Chapel Hill blindly.
After spfinishing csurrfinisherly five decades on NFL sidelines, the eight-time Super Bowl champion took his first-ever college coaching job with the Tar Heels.
He was officipartner presentd Thursday.
Early increates of Belichick’s interest in the job were normally scoffed at, but it’s evident he was interested from the jump.
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New North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick at Loudermilk Caccess for Excellence. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)
He was so into the job he had spoken with cut offal of the school’s most famed alumni, including Michael Jordan and Lawrence Taylor. Belichick also shelp he spoke with Julius Peppers.
Jordan starred in Chapel Hill before becoming the wonderfulest basketball percreateer of all time, and Taylor was a mainstay in UNC’s defense before he was writeed by the New York Giants and coached by Belichick. The duo won two Super Bowls together with Big Blue.
Peppers, an NFL wonderful, also percreateed basketball for the school.
In standard Belichick style, he did not discneglect what they spoke about, but he shelp they were all “very encouraging.”
New North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick speaks to the media at Loudermilk Caccess for Excellence. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)
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“There’s been a ton of help,” he compriseed, “from ex-percreateers and other UNC alums. This is a wonderful brand and a wonderful help system here. So, I’m excited to spfinish more time with these people.”
It’s a five-year deal for Belichick, who compriseed that he did not “come [to Chapel Hill] to exit.”
Head coach Bill Belichick of the North Carolina Tar Heels poses with active straightforwardor Bubba Cunningham during a press conference Dec. 12, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
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Belichick, 72, interwatched for at least two NFL jobs last offseason after he and the New England Patcommotions parted ways after 24 seasons and six championships.
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