A day after a wild report emerged connecting newly-appointed University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick with a potential shock move back to the NFL ranks, one of his top confidants categorically dismissed it.

North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi shut down recent rumors that NFL teams have reached out to Bill Belichick to try to get the Tar

On Wednesday, one day after the Raiders parted ways with Antonio Pierce following his first full season as the team’s head coach, NFL.com reported Tom Brady — now a minority owner of the Las Vegas franchise — had spoken “recently” with Belichick “about what it would take to make a reunion happen.”