One of the winningest head coaches in NFL history is reportedly making the jump to the college ranks.
The University of North Carolina is finalizing a deal to name former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the next head coach of the football program, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Peter Thamel and Chris Low.
Chapel Bill: six-time Super-Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach at North Carolina, sources tell me, @PeteThamel and @ClowESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 11, 2024
Belichick is going back to school, to where his father served as an assistant coach in the 1950s. pic.twitter.com/tcx7x00Alp
The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is just 16 wins away from the NFL’s all-time wins record but will seemingly forsake the opportunity to surpass Don Shula’s as the pro rank’s crown leader.
Belichick emerged as a surprising candidate for the Tar Heels job after the school dismissed Mack Brown. The longtime Tar Heels head coach racked up a career 113-78-1 record across two separate stints on Chapel Hill.
Inside Carolina first reported that Belichick had interviewed with UNC last week as the Tar Heels sought a replacement for Mack Brown. The school fired its all-time winningest coach and College Football Hall of Famer, announcing on November 26 he wouldn’t return for a seventh season in his second stint with the school.
The Tar Heels’ last postseason win came back in 2019.
Belichick told ESPN’s Pat MacAfee Monday that if he were to take the UNC job, he would closely emulate an NFL-style model.
“If I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability to play in the NFL,” Belichick said. “It would be a professional program: training, nutrition, scheme, coaching, techniques that would transfer to the NFL.
.@AdamSchefter told us you talked to Chancellor Roberts for five hours yesterday..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 9, 2024
"I don't wanna give up too much information..
I've gotta get my press conference aura back" 😂
Bill Belichick #PMSLive https://t.co/bzEm3aSSDp pic.twitter.com/eeFGGBi1aH
The future Hall of Famer parted ways with the Patriots in January 2023, wrapping up a legacy in New England that includes six championships, 9 trips to the Super Bowl, 17 division titles, and 266 wins with the team.
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