North Carolina and first-year head coach Bill Belichick have banned New England Patriots' staff from accessing the Tar Heels' program, sources told ESPN.
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Before joining ESPN in July of 2024, Kalyn wrote for The Athletic, Defector, Bleacher Report and Sports Illustrated. She began her career at Sports Illustrated as NFL columnist Peter King's assistant. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she was a varsity cheerleader. In her free time, Kalyn takes Spanish classes and teaches Irish dance. You can reach out to Kalyn via email.When reached by ESPN, North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi said,"Good luck" and then hung up the phone. UNC did not respond to an ESPN request for comment.Lombardi and Tar Heels pro liason Frantzy Jourdain informed the Patriots that they would be banned from UNC the day before one of their scouts was scheduled to visit in August, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN. Two other NFL scouts told ESPN that North Carolina, under Belichick's leadership, offers limited access to all NFL personnel. Clubs are only allowed to speak with Jourdain and UNC's college relations website says that,"scouts will have zero access to coaches or other personnel people," according to the scouts. The term"zero access" appears three times on UNC's college relations website, a page only accessible to NFL personnel. One scout said NFL personnel are only able to watch three periods of practice at UNC. Each college program varies in access to NFL personnel, but the scouts said that many programs allow scouts to watch full practices.
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