Bill Belichick to become the UNC football head coach

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GopherNtn said:
At first I thought this will be a failure from the start. However, Belichick has many connections in football that it makes sense. Son is a DC at Washington. He could lean on bringing former coaches in like McDaniels and Patricia. He will have the boosters at UNC and I would look into hiring a former Tar Heel like Julius Peppers to be in a GM type role for NIL.
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How about professors? Any willing to create custom classes for players?

If true, Interesting that UNC would go with another older coach.
 

April Fools in December? No mainstream sports media site is reporting this, or even saying they are close.
 





stupid. it will be a disaster. I can't see Belichick understanding or even caring about the transfer portal
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
Initially I thought this was a bad idea for UNC, but after hearing Bill talk about it on Pat McAfee's show and how he's essentially going to build a professional feeder team that sets players up for success in the NFL, he sold me.

College football is operating closer to the NFL than ever. UNC will have a good amount of NIL to work with and Bill can sell recruits on playing and developing for a 6 time Super Bowl champion. I'm not saying it will work, but I can see how this could work.
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on one level, it's about control. Belichick wants total control of the program - and (this is a guess) he questioned whether he could have that in the NFL. In college, he can be the coach and the GM - he can control the roster.

as Weather says, D1 college football is professional in all but name. and in college, there is no salary cap - you can spend all the money you want, as long as you can raise the money.

Belichick doesn't have to be the guy who's out on the road recruiting. his assistants will do the grunt work and Bill will close the deal. shoot, now that Belichick is on McAfee and the Manning Cast, he's raised his profile with HS kids.
 



A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Bill is a sub .500 NFL coach without Tom Brady ... and has NEVER coached college football.
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This!!! And he is 72.

Tom Brady and Belichick were having a power and ego struggle in New England because it was unclear whether it was brilliant coaching or QB play that should get the majority of the credit for all those Super Bowls so they broke up the band to see who could make it on their own. Well, those results were about as clear as possible with Tom Brady winning another Super Bowl in Tampa Bay just a couple years later in his 40's! Bill is overrated!
 

Some guys can’t retire.

Maybe Saban next.

”wait, you’re telling me you can cheat in this league…OK I’m in”
 


Would be fun to see a coach that decides not to just bother with HS recruiting on skill positions and just pitch that he's by far the best option if you want to go to NFL and going for JRs/SRs there and only bother recruiting OL/defense/ST
 



rowdaboat said:
Would be fun to see a coach that decides not to just bother with HS recruiting on skill positions and just pitch that he's by far the best option if you want to go to NFL and going for JRs/SRs there and only bother recruiting OL/defense/ST
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I'm sure UNC already has the workings of a Football Major for the academic side.
 


rowdaboat said:
Would be fun to see a coach that decides not to just bother with HS recruiting on skill positions and just pitch that he's by far the best option if you want to go to NFL and going for JRs/SRs there and only bother recruiting OL/defense/ST
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Sanders is basically giving up on high school recruiting at Colorado. He brought in 12 high school players in 2024 and is at 14 for 2025.

You have it flipped a little bit though. A really talented high school skill player has a chance to play right away in college whereas lineman usually need multiple years to develop before they are ready. So really go out and get the best high school athletes you can find and get your big guys from someone else after they have done the work to develop them for you.
 

This has a Herm Edwards feel to it.
 



I think he just wants the faculty and staff tuition benefit for his girlfriend.

Apologies if this joke has already been played on this thread, I didn’t read it through.
 


You should a seen Jerry Kill’s TCU student girlfriend. What is it with these guys?
 



mngg11 said:
Why would you even risk ruining your legacy doing something like this? The ego trip must be insane
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I think turning down an opportunity you're interested out of concern about your "legacy" is an ego trip.

The guy is going to get paid a ton of money to coach football and it's a new test. I'm surprised it happened but we'll see. In reading his "organization bible" that he wants part of the contract, it sounds interesting.

From Newsweek, "Belichick's bible, which he has shared with other college and pro teams but customized specifically for the UNC position, contains "structure, payment plans, staffing choices and salary minimums position by positions" that "would require historic levels of investment from the school."
To appease Belichick, the school would also have to commit to hiring a coaching staff run by Belichick and a recruitment staff run by a sitting college GM who would need to be bought out of his current contract."
 

Bobek said:
Without the Herm Edwards breathless babbling, I hope.
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Herm was actually successful at Arizona St., he just cheated and that cheating is now the status quo. Bill wants to build a "recruiting staff" to specifically be great at that kind of cheating.

Also, Herm never won a playoff game in the NFL.
 

Bob_Loblaw said:
Herm was actually successful at Arizona St., he just cheated and that cheating is now the status quo. Bill wants to build a "recruiting staff" to specifically be great at that kind of cheating.

Also, Herm never won a playoff game in the NFL.
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I cannot stand to listen to Herm’s incessant staccato babbling on ESPN!
 


GopherWeatherGuy said:
Lol Saban has been cheating/paying players his entire career at Alabama. He retired when it became legal and his competition significantly increased.
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You’d turn down Saban? Ok.

He was a 4th and 2 Blake Corum completion away from another title so he went out almost on top. Pretty good timing. Most guys stick around too long, become the villain, get fired..
 

Not entirely sure why Bill would want to take this on, but I think the new college landscape would be better for Bill than the old. Before you at least had to pay lip service to amateurism and the players themselves.

It’s a business these days. A volatile one for sure but that benefits a guy like Bellichek. Nobody in the NFL was better about being unsentimental. “I need you for a year and then I don’t. Boom you’re gone.” Bill never hung on to guy longer than he was valuable on the field. College football is a cutthroat business these days. May be even better than the NFL for Bill. You can remake your roster every year if you like.
 

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