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North Carolina Hires Bill Belichick To Be Their Next Head Football Coach
Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick will be the next head football coach of the University of North Carolina, sources revealed.
According to the Associated Press, the offer came a few days after he had “a couple of good conversations” with North Carolina Chancellor Lee Roberts about the job.
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Sources say the UNC Board of Trustees met Wednesday to review and approve the contract for Belichick.
Belichick reportedly has a long list of demands for UNC, including a new coaching staff and a salary of up to $12 million a year.
He is reportedly getting $30 million over three years, according to sources briefed on the matter.
“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 … It would be an NFL program at a college level.”
The 72-year-old, who has never worked at the college level, will be replacing Mack Brown as the Tar Heels’ head coach.
Belichick had a successful tenure with the Patriots, amassing 31 postseason wins and a total record of 333-178 in his coaching career.