Michael Lombardi, Belichick’s newly appointed general manager at UNC, was with Belichick as a front office executive in both Cleveland and New England.

One name to monitor as a candidate to coach alongside Belichick at the college level is former Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks coach Scott Turner. According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Turner "has emerged as a top target to become Bill Belichick's OC at UNC."

The New York Jets have a head-coaching vacancy, and until this week, Bill Belichick needed a job. That led to the unthinkable. Belichick, who quit the Jets in 2000, tormented them for two decades as the New England Patriots ' coach and recently made critical comments about owner Woody Johnson,

The Jets could have had a bad Bill. Only two days after Bill Belichick was introduced as the next head coach at North Carolina, multiple reports have emerged that Belichick personally reached out to the New York Jets about its vacancy.