The potential for the Super Bowl–winning coach to jump to the college ranks cannot be dismissed and would reinvent an afterthought football program.
This week it’s much more real. The potential bombshell move of the most successful coach in NFL history to a middle-tier Atlantic Coast Conference program has not been dismissed and cannot be dismissed. At least not yet.But that note of caution ended a 15-minute appearance that made this all seem quite serious. It revealed how far down the road Belichick is with North Carolina, and how much thought he’s put into coaching college ball for the first time in his 72-year life.
As of this past weekend, there were questions of alignment, though. Multiple sources with insight into Carolina’s search to“There’s a lot of cooks in the kitchen,” one source says. “North Carolina is making Auburn look reasonable right now.” But Sumrall withdrew his name from consideration on Sunday. Other potential candidates such as the Iowa State Cyclones’ Matt Campbell and Liberty Flames’ Jamey Chadwell are not going to pursue the job, sources say.
A lot of people have questioned Belichick’s ability to relate to teenagers in recruiting. They’ve got it wrong. A coach who has no track record needs relatability, not this guy. The potential UNC plan: Recruiters get the players and deliver them to an NFL Lite staff . Belichick can largely let the talent come to him. Sanders doesn’t make home recruiting visits for Colorado, and Belichick might not need to make them, either.
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