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Bill Belichick reportedly interviewed for this college head-coaching vacancy
"He blew them away in the interview.”
According to multiple reports, Bill Belichick is still adamant about coaching football in 2025 and beyond.
But could it be at the collegiate level instead of the NFL?
According to Grant Hughes of Inside Carolina, Belichick interviewed for the head coaching vacancy at the University of North Carolina this week.
The Tar Heels have already started to conduct interviews after firing head coach Mack Brown on Nov. 26, with Belichick standing as a surprising candidate. Even with Belichick’s lofty resume over nearly 50 years of coaching in the NFL, he has never coached in the collegiate ranks before.
Hughes added that Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall and Georgia defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann have also been considered for the coaching vacancy at Chapel Hill.
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Andrew Carter of The News & Observer confirmed via a source that Belichick interviewed with UNC, with the source adding: “He blew them away in the interview.”
But even though Carter reported on X that Belichick’s “interest is high, and genuine”, joining the college game as coach remains “extremely unlikely to happen due to his age (72) and lack of college experience.”
Even if Belichick doesn’t have any experience coaching at the college game — which has evolved rapidly in recent years amid revamped transfer-portal rules and the influx of NIL deals — he does have some ties to UNC.
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Belichick’s father, Steve, was a longtime college assistant coach whose career included a three-year stint at Chapel Hill, from 1953-55. Add in the fact that Belichick’s most beloved football player, Lawrence Taylor, played at UNC, and it’s easy to see why there might be an affinity for powder blue.
Still, the writing has been on the wall that Belichick wants another shot at coaching in the NFL, especially with the legendary head coach sitting just 26 regular-season victories behind Don Shula for the most coaching wins in NFL history.
“Those who know Belichick best say that despite his burgeoning media résumé, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach still would like to return to coaching in 2025, but only in the right situations with good jobs,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported in September.
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