As college football's 2025 transfer portal cycle works through January, the winter window is in the books with North Carolina front and center among 247Sports' five burning questions. The Tar Heels entered Tuesday at No.

This article has been updated to correct information regarding Belichick’s stops in North Carolina. LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel

What is it like to be recruited to a college program by Bill Belichick? Four-star edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes was among the first to find out. Griffin-Haynes got a recruiting visit from Belichick on Monday as the North Carolina coach formally hits the recruiting trail for the first time.

Another familiar face is heading to North Carolina with Bill Belichick.

Who said recruiting wasn’t going to be fun?” That’s the question new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill head football coach Bill Belichick sarcastically posed on X on Tuesday morning while outside of a local BBQ joint.

Bill Belichick – yes, really: the 72-year-old who coached the NFL’s New England Patriots to a record six Super Bowl championships – will be the next head football coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, the school announced Wednesday night. A five-year contract for Belichick is expected to be approved by UNC’s Board of Trustees on Thursday morning.

Moving on from longtime head coach Mack Brown, who took over in 2019, felt inevitable because, in 2024, the team went just 6-7, lost to the UConn Huskies 27-14 in the Fenway Bowl, and had its second losing season in four years after going 6-7 in 2021.

The InsideCarolina team has its finger on the pulse of UNC transfer portal news, recruiting, staff moves and more as Bill Belichick takes over for the Tar Heels