{"id":196437,"date":"2025-10-08T00:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/196437\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T00:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:42:07","slug":"unc-football-assistant-suspended-after-report-surfaces-of-extra-benefits-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/196437\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Football Assistant Suspended After Report Surfaces of Extra Benefits Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_nev0zknpk\">University of North Carolina cornerbacks coach Armond Hawkins has been suspended,<a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6698376\/2025\/10\/07\/unc-armond-hawkins-suspended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> according to a report<\/a> from Bruce Feldman of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_uhzi59mz6\">The suspension of Hawkins comes after <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college-football\/unc-bill-belichick-unhappy-parents-players-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a report from WRAL <\/a>revealed extra benefits allegations within the dysfunctional Bill Belichick football program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dfss7jbww\">Hawkins allegedly provided a player&#8217;s family members sideline passes for a game earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">dark. FREE. SI College Football Newsletter. Get SI&#8217;s College Football Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_tei5irzqu\">Hawkins was a secondary coach at the University of Washington where he worked with Tar Heels defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, Bill Belichick&#8217;s son. Hawkins followed the younger Belichick to Chapel Hill and is in his first year with the program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_za46x2nxa\">The length of Hawkins&#8217;s suspension is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>More College Football on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ag13sz3s2\">Listen to\u00a0SI\u2019s new college sports podcast,\u00a0Others Receiving Votes, below or on\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/others-receiving-votes\/id1834741833\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Arsw6ozKQIPm7ep9jLvao\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>. Watch the show on\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SportsIllustrated\/videos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SI\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"University of North Carolina cornerbacks coach Armond Hawkins has been suspended, according to a report from Bruce Feldman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-196437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}