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Bill Belichick Targeting Maryland Assistant Lance Thompson for UNC Football Staff

Bill Belichick is targeting Maryland assistant coach Lance Thompson for a position on his North Carolina Football staff. Thompson interviewed last weekend in Chapel Hill, according to a source, and it is not yet confirmed whether or not he will be a position coach at UNC. Thompson has coached the inside linebackers at Maryland the last three seasons. (Inside Carolina)

UNC Football To Open 2025 ACC Schedule Hosting Clemson Oct. 4

The North Carolina football team will open its 2025 ACC schedule on Oct. 4 at home against defending ACC Champion Clemson. The matchup pits the programs against each other for the 61st time and it will be the third meeting in the last four seasons, having not seen each other in 2024. The Tar Heels' complete 2025 schedule will be revealed Monday. (GoHeels.com)

Carolina Insider Podcast: UNC Basketball and Football Updates; Josh Pastner Joins

For the second straight game, UNC Basketball lost by one point and, with a 12-8 record, the Tar Heels are in a bad spot (3:58). Plus, UNC Football news, schedule, and roster updates (25:58). Former Georgia Tech basketball coach Josh Pastner joins (45:30). And Tyler Hansbrough is going back to Cameron Indoor (1:54:14). (Listen To Podcast)

Chansky’s Notebook: Dyami Brown Has Done It The Old-Fashioned Way

Dyami Brown has done it the old-fashioned way – twice. The former Tar Heel wide receiver has waited his turn with the Washington Commanders just as he did in three seasons with the Tar Heels. He has been overshadowed by fellow receiver Terry McLaurin, but in three playoff games he has the best stats of all of quarterback Jayden Daniels’ targets. (Chapelboro.com)

EA Sports Adds Late UNC WR Tylee Craft to College Football 25 Video Game

UNC wide receiver Tylee Craft passed away from cancer in October. In the midst of the Tar Heels’ season, coach Mack Brown announced several tributes in Craft’s honor. Now, there's been a touching gesture from EA Sports, who added Craft into the College Football 25 video game. Brown posted a screenshot of the update with Craft wearing No. 13. (On3.com)

Drake Maye surprises New England Army veteran with tickets to Super Bowl LIX

Drake Maye and the New England Patriots won't be playing in the Super Bowl this year. But the rookie quarterback is sending an Army veteran from New England to New Orleans next month. Maye teamed up with USAA and The American Legion to surprise Sgt. Matt Jabaut, an Army combat medic from 1997-2005, with two tickets to Super Bowl LIX. (CBS News)

UNC Football GM Michael Lombardi discusses depth, player money, transfer portal on Pat McAfee Show

UNC Football general manager Mike Lombardi made his weekly appearance on ESPN’s "The Pat McAfee Show" on Thursday, addressing Bill Belichick’s signing of his contract with UNC. "We can put away that nonsense about we’re going to go back into the NFL because we can kill that for once and for all. I got a shovel out this morning and buried that." (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Football 2025 Opener Against TCU Set For Monday, Sept. 1

The first North Carolina football game under the leadership of coach Bill Belichick is set. The Tar Heels will host visiting TCU on Monday, September 1, on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. inside Kenan Stadium. The first Monday night regular-season game in Carolina history also will mark the fourth matchup on the gridiron between the Tar Heels and the Horned Frogs. (GoHeels.com)

Tar Heels First In Learfield Directors’ Cup Final Fall Standings

UNC finished the fall semester No. 1 in the country in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. The Tar Heels entered the football bowl season second behind Stanford but edged ahead of the Cardinal with 25 additional points by playing in the Fenway Bowl in Boston. UNC's fall sports amassed 422.5 points, 9.5 ahead of Stanford. Penn State was third. (GoHeels.com)

Read Bill Belichick’s UNC Football contract, which he has now signed

Bill Belichick has signed his contract to coach North Carolina Football, and it includes plenty of bonuses, such as: $300,000 for winning the ACC title, $350,000 for making the Pop-Tarts Bowl, Gator Bowl or Duke’s Mayo Bowl, $750,000 for making the College Football Playoff, $1.75 million for winning the national championship. Here is the entire contract: (Tar Heel Tribune)

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