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UNC System Limits UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ Authority Over Athletics
The head of the UNC System told UNC-Chapel Hill trustees last month to stay in their lane and out of negotiations around Tar Heel athletics. "Instances continue where members of the board appear to act independently of their campus’ administration in matters squarely within the responsibility of the chancellor," UNC System President Peter Hans wrote. (
The Assembly)
Chansky’s Notebook: Talk is Cheap
Bill Belichick and his staff over the years were known as savvy evaluators to the point where players like Julian Edelman, a small college star quarterback, turned into a world championship slot receiver. There are some of those in the Carolina class of 2025 that will likely end up playing any possible position that best fits their athletic abilities and intelligence. (
Chapelboro.com)
Carolina Insider Podcast: Basketball Updates; Football Signing Day; Alyssa Ustby, Ethan Strand Join
UNC Basketball hits the regular-season home stretch amid talk of potential staff additions (5:56). UNC Football signed 19 new players on Signing Day (34:48). Ethan Strand, who just ran the fastest mile in NCAA history, joins (39:20). And
Alyssa Ustby discusses UNC Women's Basketball's terrific season (55:06).
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Fri Feb 7, 2025
Meet The 2025 UNC Football Recruiting Class
UNC head football coach
Bill Belichick and general manager Michael Lombardi announced the addition of 19 student-athletes to the program on National Signing Day Wednesday afternoon. There were 17 new freshmen added to the fold on Wednesday and two new transfers, Daniel King, an offensive lineman from Troy, and Jaffer Murphy, a kicker from Lake Erie. (
GoHeels.com)
Video: Signing Day Dish - Completing UNC's 2025 Football Recruiting Class
Football recruiting expert Don Callahan joins Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley from Inside Carolina for this signing day show highlighting North Carolina's 2025 football recruiting class and
Bill Belichick's impact in Chapel Hill.
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Wed Feb 5, 2025
Chansky’s Notebook: The Hoodie's Heels
UNC’s football schedule has more meaning than just a new coach.
Bill Belichick will be closely followed on UNC’s opening night of the 2025 season after taking over the Tar Heels program six weeks ago. Because of Belichick’s incomparable NFL record (eight Super Bowl championships, six as a head coach), his move to Chapel Hill is of enormous interest. (
Chapelboro.com)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Basketball's New General Manager; Football Schedule
With the buzz around hiring a general manager, UNC Basketball is poised to modernize its coaching staff. Host Isaac Schade explores
Hubert Davis's recent comments on expanding the staff and the potential impact of this shift. The episode also dives into the newly released
UNC football schedule.
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Tue Feb 4, 2025
How Bill Belichick is recruiting at UNC
North Carolina's Providence Day School is used to seeing the biggest names in college football roam its halls. But there was something different about the morning of Jan. 7.
Bill Belichick, winner of eight Super Bowls and renowned for his makeshift sleeveless hoodies, was the first coach any player had seen show up wearing a suit and square-toed dress shoes. (
ESPN.com)
ESPN column predicts Bill Belichick gets UNC into College Football Playoff next season
UNC making the College Football Playoff in
Bill Belichick’s first season as coach? That’s the prediction of ESPN’s Bill Connelly in a column published last week, listing the Tar Heels as one of the at-large bids. That prediction comes after ESPN’s Mark Schlabach left UNC off of his “Way-too-early Top 25” list. Connelly has the Tar Heels as the No. 11 seed. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Bill Belichick sending free pizzas to UNC fraternities ahead of Duke game
Bill Belichick is involving himself on campus for his first edition of The Tobacco Road Rivalry. Ahead of North Carolina vs. No. 2 Duke in Durham on Saturday, fraternities on campus received an email from the director of football operations for the Tar Heels. That message said that Belichick wanted to buy them all pizza for tip-off in the rivalry game Saturday. (
On3.com)