Bill Belichick College Football Coaching Experiment Begins

The Bill Belichick College Football Coaching Experiment Begins
The legendary NFL figure opens his first North Carolina spring practice this week with familiar NFL overtones.
NFL legend Bill Belichick is coaching practices again. Only now he’s a college rookie at UNC
Bill Belichick is back on the practice sidelines again, though now in college at North Carolina. The 72-year-old coach who won six Super Bowls with the NFL's New England Patriots opened spring practices at UNC this week.
Full pads in March? No jersey numbers? Welcome, Bill Belichick, to college football
UNC head coach Bill Belichick ran the Tar Heels through their first official spring practices this week in Chapel Hill. The evolution of the coach, the team, and the sport were on full display.
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"I don't really have any expectations," Belichick said to reporters Wednesday via David Hale of ESPN. "It's going to be up to each individual. I know we've got a good plan, I know we can do the right things to put a good product on the field.
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The University of North Carolina has launched its first spring football practice under coach Bill Belichick. On Wednesday, Belichick met with reporters for the first time since he was introduced as the team's new head coach.
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UNC football coach Bill Belichick in his element as Tar Heels crank up spring practice
Coaching college players is new for the former NFL coach and Super Bowl winner, who says developing a team is a “long journey.”
Bill Belichick explains why UNC football practice jerseys don’t have numbers
UNC football players didn't have numbers on their jerseys during Wednesday's spring practice. Head coach Bill Belichick was asked about it and here’s his explanation
Bill Belichick has interesting practice detail for UNC football
The Tar Heels hosted the practice just a few months after Belichick was hired, ushering in a new era of UNC football in 2025. And already, Belichick is showing how he's going to run things. Per reporters at the practice,
UNC Head Coach Bill Belichick to speak to media as spring football practice begins Wednesday
We will hear from UNC's new head football coach, six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick, as the Tar Heels kick off spring football practice.
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Bill Belichick is officially a college coach. But that doesn’t mean his new North Carolina job doesn’t have an NFL feel.
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