If the North Carolina Tar Heels decide to hire Bill Belichick as their next head football coach, they would immediately turn from a run-of-the-mill program into one with championship aspirations.
Belichick is the greatest football coach of all-time, winning six Super Bowl during his 24 years as head coach of the New England Patriots. He coached Tom Brady into the greatest player of all-time, as Brady was the quarterback for each of Belichick’s Super Bowl victories.
What you may not know about Belichick, though, is he has ties to UNC that dating back to the early 1950s.
Belichick’s father, Steve, was North Carolina’s running backs coach from 1953-1955. Bill was born in 1952, which means he grew up while his dad was coaching the Tar Heels.
UNC’s head coaching during the elder Belichick’s time in Chapel Hill? George C. Barclay, who also coached North Carolina from 1953-1955.
There’s another couple of Belichicks in the coaching ranks, too. Bill’s one son, Stephen, is the Washington Huskies‘ defensive coordinator. Bill’s other son, Brian, coaches safeties for the New England Patriots.
The Tar Heels like to hire coaches who have ties to the program, as we saw when they brought Mack Brown out of retirement. I think that’s a safe route, as you want a guy who knows UNC in and out, but an outside hire may be what UNC needs to take itself to the next level.
We have our own list of Top 5 head coaching candidates for North Carolina – and Belichick is not one of them. If the Tar Heels are able to pull off a Belichick hire, though, just think of how far he could take them.
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