According to reports by ESPN and others, longtime New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is finalizing a deal to be North Carolina’s new head coach.
Belichick won six Super Bowls with the Patriots, which is an NFL record.
The Tar Heels just parted ways with 73-year old Mack Brown. Belichick is 72.
Here is an excerpt from ESPN:
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Belichick’s father, Steve, served as an assistant coach for the Tar Heels in the 1950s.
Belichick’s hiring at North Carolina, which hasn’t won an ACC football title since 1980, was spearheaded by board chair John P. Preyer, who had honed in on Belichick in recent weeks. The sides met multiple times at length, including for five hours Sunday, and those talks culminated with Belichick finalizing the deal Wednesday.
For a program awash in apathy and mediocrity, this marks a distinct and compelling shift from Mack Brown, as Belichick gives the Tar Heels an unprecedented jolt of star power for 2025 and beyond.
The Patriots’ six Super Bowls under Belichick is an NFL record (he won two more as an assistant coach). He enters college football with 333 NFL wins, behind only Don Shula’s all-time record of 347.
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