Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels are trying to close a deal to make him their next head football coach, which would make him the first coach in college.
However, ESPN said, “There are still issues that need to be resolved by both sides.”
The report added that “the ball is in Belichick’s court” because UNC officials actually took over the program with Belichick. And it is expected that a ‘resolution’ will be achieved soon.
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After 24 seasons as head coach of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick pursued a career as a television analyst. (image)
What exactly is the problem? Well, the potential role for Belichick’s son, Washington Huskies defensive coordinator Stephen Belichick, is one of them.
The Guardian reports that among the elder Belichick’s stipulations is that if the 72-year-old moves out at any time, his son will be named heir to the head coach role.
ESPN added that NIL resources, salary for Belichick’s acquisition and other issues must be resolved before a marriage can happen.
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It was shocking to see Belichick’s name floated for the Tar Heels’ vacant position after longtime coach Mac Brown said he would not return after this season.
Some of Belichick’s former students, like Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, and Julian Edelman, had some fun on FOX NFL last Sunday, imitating their old coach trying to handle college sports recruiting in the NIL era.
“There’s a lot of things he can do, obviously he’s tremendous and even shows his personality, but going out on the recruiting trail and dealing with all these college kids,” Brady said on the NFL pregame show. “‘Listen, do you really want to come here?’” Brady said, playing Belichick. “‘I mean, we don’t really want you anyway, but I think you could come. We’ll find out if you play.'”
But this wasn’t just a publicity stunt. There is more than mutual interest in Belichick returning to coaching in Chapel Hill.
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ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Belichick and UNC officials spent five hours discussing a potential trade on Sunday and, in typical Belichick fashion, will not reveal any details during the weekly broadcast of “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday morning. .
He acknowledged having had “some good conversations” with UNC President Lee Roberts and added, “We’ll see how it goes.”
If the deal goes through, it would be one of the most polarizing head coach hires for a college program in history. That’s because Belichick has only been a head coach in the NFL and won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
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His time with the franchise is over before this 2024 season. They parted ways, and Belichick’s attempts to find another role elsewhere were all to no avail. He has since joined the sports media space, providing his insights to various outlets, including ESPN, but being open to another opportunity in football was always in the cards.
But it was always expected that such an opportunity would come up in the NFL, and the league already has several head coaching positions open, making the situation even more surprising.
But Belichick told McAfee and his team what would happen if he became a college football coach.
“If I were in a college program, college programs would be the pipeline to the NFL for players who have the ability to play in the NFL,” Belichick said. “It will be a specialized program of training, nutrition, planning, coaching and techniques that will be transferred to the NFL.”
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Simply put, Belichick aims to bring to college football the system he knows works in the NFL, where good players join his team who will one day join the pros with the tools they need to easily adapt.
Only time will tell whether the program will be part of UNC, but a few things will likely need to be confirmed before the landmark deal crosses the finish line.
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