{"id":285720,"date":"2025-11-15T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285720\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:44:11","slug":"bill-belichick-says-he-has-not-and-will-not-pursue-open-nfl-jobs-committed-to-unc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285720\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick says he has \u2018not and will not\u2019 pursue open NFL jobs, committed to UNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina coach Bill Belichick said he isn&#8217;t pursuing any jobs as a head coach in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRDshgADEHO\/?igsh=MXZlbzgzYzJsaWVlaw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement posted on social media<\/a> Friday night and coming amid the first changes of the current hiring cycle, the 73-year-old who led the NFL&#8217;s New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles said he remains committed to building a program as a first-time college coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since arriving in Chapel Hill,&#8221; Belichick said, &#8220;my commitment to the UNC football program hasn&#8217;t (wavered).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Giants and Tennessee Titans have coaching vacancies, notably with the Giants <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/giants-fire-head-coach-brian-daboll-after-2-8-start\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">firing<\/a> Brian Daboll earlier this week. Belichick was part of two Super Bowl titles with the Giants as defensive coordinator under Bill Parcells.<\/p>\n<p>Belichick, who shrugged off coaching rumors Tuesday after Daboll&#8217;s firing, specifically mentioned the Giants in Friday&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a privilege for me to work for the Mara family and be a member of Coach Parcells&#8217; staff for over a decade,&#8221; Belichick said. &#8220;However, despite circulating rumors, I have not and will not pursue any NFL head coaching vacancies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Belichick&#8217;s Tar Heels (4-5, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won two straight games to inch closer to bowl eligibility, notably with a better defensive showing that has included racking up sacks.<\/p>\n<p>UNC visits Wake Forest on Saturday, the first of three straight in-state ACC foes to end the regular-season schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My focus remains solely on continuing to improve this team, develop our players and build a program that makes Tar Heel fans proud,&#8221; Belichick said. &#8220;We&#8217;re on to Wake Forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>          <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Carolina coach Bill Belichick said he isn&#8217;t pursuing any jobs as a head coach in the NFL.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[3979,64,63,1231,1242,44,593,19976,85],"class_list":["post-285720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-associated-press","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-york-giants","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285720","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=285720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}