What “an interesting time” for the University of North Carolina (UNC) football program!! When you have a long-time UNC professor reaching to the athletic director – asking him to end the circus, you got problems lol. From The Spun:
“When you agreed to pay a king’s ransom to hire Bill Belichick [Editor’s Note: 73 years old], did you also know that you were hiring Jordon Hudson [Editor’s Note: 24 years old] to serve as the primary face of UNC athletics?” he wrote.
It’s hard for me not to chuckle a little bit here – but the UNC fans I know (at least the ones I follow on Twitter) are good people – I don’t want to see Tar Heel football drag ACC football down so bad that it’s not a quality win on the schedule. Ideally, you want a competitive product in Chapel Hill. You don’t want this here. From the article:
Chapel Bill, by the numbers
1989 – The last season in which UNC lost to Wake Forest, Duke and NC State. Carolina finished 1-10 that year.
129th – UNC finished 129th out of 134 FBS teams in total offense, managing only 289 yards per game. Among power conference teams, only Wisconsin was worse.
27 – The Tar Heels never scored more than 27 points against an FBS foe. Even against lowly Charlotte, arguably the worst FBS program in the country, Carolina only scored 20 points. In 2024, UNC eclipsed 27 points eight different times.
9 – Carolina’s nine lost fumbles in 2025 tied for 118th out of 134 FBS teams. Only four power conference teams lost more fumbles than the Tar Heels: Arizona State, Florida State, Wake Forest and Baylor.
70 – UNC’s roster turnover from 2024 to 2025 was highly publicized, and for good reason. Between incoming freshman and transfers, the Tar Heels brought in 70 new players, a staggering number. Two out of every three Carolina players wore a different uniform the previous fall. Some, such as second team All-ACC honoree Melkart Abou-Jaoude (a transfer from Delaware) were success stories. Others, such as Lopez (only 10 passing touchdowns in 11 games), were not.
$30 million – The amount of guaranteed money UNC is paying Bill Belichick across three seasons. His contract also includes options for a fourth and fifth season with the same $10 million per year salary.
4 – The 2025 season was the fourth in a row in which UNC closed the season with at least three consecutive losses.
Yet, Belichick still found ways to embarrass the UNC football program… if you don’t want the media to focus on your relationship with Hudson, then you hire someone who had an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer:
BREAKING: Bobby Petrino has agreed to become the next North Carolina offensive coordinator under Bill Belichick, @clowfb, @PeteNakos & @InsideCarolina report🐏https://t.co/Xj3JfwYAKn pic.twitter.com/jrYnVUI5RZ
— On3 (@On3sports) December 22, 2025
Reportedly, Belichick prohibited the UNC football media staff from posting any New England Patriots content… but then backed off that decision. I guess that was a good idea since the Pats have the number 1 team in the NFL’s AFC lead by former UNC QB, Drake Maye.
If you’re Belichick, how do you even want to come back to Chapel Hill when current administration, faculty, students, fans, alumni, many donors, and friends of the university would prefer that you promptly exit (hell, they have 40 new players coming in – that tells me no one liked him in the locker room, too)? He’s getting paid $10 million per year – to get his ass kicked all around the 919.
North Carolina needs to get Belichick to the negotiation table – and find a reasonable buyout amount for both sides. It’s not working.
