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ARTICLE VIEW:
Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut ends with a UNC blowout loss
to TCU
By Associated Press
Updated:
12:45 AM EDT, Tue September 2, 2025
Source: AP
Bill Belichick’s first run as a college coach at North Carolina
started fast only to end in a blowout loss.
The NFL coaching great took the field Monday night for his college
debut with the Tar Heels against TCU, sporting a familiar look from the
pro sideline with a gray hoodie — only this one bearing the name
“Carolina Football” in that distinctive shade of light blue. Yet
after scoring on the game’s first drive, the Tar Heels watched as the
Horned Frogs took control with 41 unanswered points on the way to a
48-14 win.
By the end, TCU had scored two defensive touchdowns and finished with a
542-222 edge in total offense while driving UNC fans to the exits long
before the fourth quarter began.
Belichick, 73, led the NFL’s New England Patriots to six Super Bowl
championships and trailed only Don Shula on the league’s all-time
wins list. Now he’s making the transition to the college level, the
result of an all-in moment for UNC to elevate its football program at a
school better known for its storied men’s basketball program.
The buildup to the season here had included plenty of added buzz,
including the school selling out all its season tickets — at an
elevated price — and single-game seats for the season. The game also
attracted ESPN to hold a pregame studio show from the Kenan Stadium
sideline, where Belichick popped over before the game to share a hello
with former Alabama coach Nick Saban and the rest of that crew.
Belichick also roamed the field during pregame warmups as though taking
it all in for the better part of a half-hour. At one point, he stood on
the UNC end of the field with general manager Michael Lombardi watching
the Tar Heels, then shared a quick handshake with Atlantic Coast
Conference commissioner Jim Phillips as he made his way toward
midfield.
Once there, he shook hands with members of the officiating crew and
stood near midfield watching the Horned Frogs players as they went
through warm-up drills.
The game also attracted notable former UNC figures from years past,
including NBA legend Michael Jordan — who won a national championship
under Dean Smith here in 1982 — and former UNC star linebacker
Lawrence Taylor, who played under Belichick when Belichick was an
assistant and eventually defensive coordinator with the New York Giants
during the 1980s.
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