Belichick became a surprise candidate to replace Mack Brown shortly after UNC's regular season ended. He reportedly met with the school multiple times in the first week of December.
Bill Belichick is heading back to school.The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is finalizing a deal to become North Carolina's next head coach.
first reported the news, which was later confirmed by FOX Sports' Jordan Schultz on Wednesday. The contract is worth $30 million over three years, The Athletic reported. Belichick became a surprise candidate to replace Mack Brown shortly after UNC's regular season ended. He reportedly met with the school multiple times in the first week of December, later confirming that he had spoken with UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts.
he's been taking a "longer look" at potentially coaching college football over the last year, however."It's been a good year for me. I've learned a lot," Belichick said. "So I've had the opportunity to talk to Chancellor Roberts, and we've had a couple of good conversations. So we'll see how it goes.
on Monday. "It would be a professional program: training, nutrition, scheme, coaching, techniques that would transfer to the NFL."It would be an NFL program at a college level."If Belichick is able to replicate the success he had with the Patriots, the risk of replacing the 73-year-old Brown with Belichick — who turns 73 in April — would be worth the reward.
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