Patriots Legend Joins Pat McAfee on ESPN for Bill Belichick’s UNC Coaching Debut originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The presence of six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick has already brought plenty of added attention to the North Carolina Tar Heels football team.

For much of the College Football Playoff era, the ACC has staked its success on conference standard-bearer Clemson. The Tigers won the league again in 2024, claiming their eighth ACC title in the last 10 years and making the CFP for the seventh time.

Were you waiting for a hoodwinked boyfriend to show up at ACC media days? Nothing to see here. Bill Belichick is just North Carolina's football coach.

The group of roughly 60 reporters had crowded around the table Thursday long before Bill Belichick arrived to take questions in his first run through Atlantic Coast Conference preseason media days as North Carolina's football coach.

There's plenty of intrigue and skepticism about whether Belichick's NFL success will translate to the college game

Boston College coach Bill O'Brien spent time with UNC's Bill Belichick in the NFL. Here's what O'Brien said about Belichick's move to college.

ESPN isn’t waiting for Bill Belichick to call a single play in Chapel Hill. The network is already stacking the deck in his favor, betting big on the Belichick buzz to deliver a “Prime Effect” level of interest for North Carolina Tar Heels football in 2025.