This article has been updated to correct information regarding Belichick’s stops in North Carolina. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WGHP) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s new head football coach Bill Belichick is making the rounds recruiting in the Tarheel State.

Bill Belichick – yes, really: the 72-year-old who coached the NFL’s New England Patriots to a record six Super Bowl championships – will be the next head football coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, the school announced Wednesday night. A five-year contract for Belichick is expected to be approved by UNC’s Board of Trustees on Thursday morning.

Bill Belichick has a simple way out of the North Carolina contract as NFL teams reach out about a potential return to coaching.

Multiple NFL teams, including the Las Vegas Raiders, have inquired about Bill Belichick’s availability despite the fact that he is UNC’s next head coach. Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, and Mark Schlereth discuss the possibility of Belichick changing his mind and coaching in the NFL next season.

The NFL world was surprised to hear that Bill Belichick would leave the New England Patriots after the 2023 season. After all, he is a legendary coach within the organization and one of the most decorated and well-respected coaches in the history of the league.

Bill Belichick is onto Chapel Hill and UNC is where he intends to stay. That’s according to Michael Lombardi, the newly minted general manager of Belichick’s Tar Heels football program, who told Pat McAfee on Thursday the chatter swirling around a potential NFL U-turn for the legendary coach is not true.

With the number of NFL head coaching vacancies doubling since last Saturday, there have been increasing rumors that North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick might leave without coaching a down to accept an available head coaching job in the NFL.

NFL teams, including the Raiders with Tom Brady, are urging Bill Belichick to leave college football and rejoin the NFL, despite his recent coaching commitment.