Invoice Belichick was unveiled because the College of North Carolina’s new head coach on Thursday and introduced upon his arrival that teaching in school was one thing he’d “always wanted”.
The six-time Tremendous Bowl-winning head coach has agreed to a five-year deal at UNC, the place his late father was an assistant coach for the Tar Heels from 1953 to 1955.
At Belichick’s introductory press convention, UNC chancellor Lee Roberts got here armed with a present: a short-sleeved gray hoodie – a trademark from his NFL teaching days – bearing the UNC brand.
“I’ve always wanted to coach in college football,” Belichick advised the reporters gathered. “It just never really worked out.”
“I had some good years in the NFL, so that was okay,” he added, delivered together with his typical dry wit.
“That is actually sort of a dream come true. I grew up in school soccer with my dad, he was a coach at Navy for 50 years, in order a child all I knew is school soccer.
It is nice to return again dwelling to Carolina and again in an surroundings that I actually grew up in.”
The varsity’s trustees accepted phrases of the deal to rent Belichick as the brand new soccer coach earlier on Thursday.
He sat between Roberts and UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham, who paid his personal tribute by donning a swimsuit jacket with the sleeves lower off to imitate one other Belichick sideline look.
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Neil Reynolds mirrored on Belichick’s unimaginable tenure in New England after it was introduced he was leaving the Patriots after 24 seasons
The 72-year-old Belichick holds 333 profession wins within the NFL, trailing solely Don Shula’s 347 for the NFL file, whereas his 31 playoff wins are probably the most in league historical past – and he has been linked to different NFL jobs since his departure from the New England Patriots on the finish of final season, most notably the Atlanta Falcons in January.
When requested about fan issues that he would possibly depart shortly for the subsequent NFL job, Belichick mentioned: “I didn’t come here to leave.”
“I’m here to, as Bubba said, teach, develop and build a program in the way that I believe in.”
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Invoice Belichick’s closing press convention with the group after stepping down as head coach of the New England Patriots
And when requested how lengthy he would possibly need to hold teaching, Belichick quipped: “It beats working. My dad told me this: when you love what you do, it’s not work.
“I really like what I do. I really like teaching.”
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