North Carolina coach Bill Belichick said he isn’t pursuing any jobs as a head coach in the NFL.<\/p>\n
In a statement\u00a0posted on social media Friday night\u00a0and coming amid the first changes of the current hiring cycle, the 73-year-old who led the NFL’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
\u201cSince arriving in Chapel Hill,” Belichick said, \u201cmy commitment to the UNC football program hasn’t (wavered).\u201d<\/p>\n
The New York Giants and Tennessee Titans have coaching vacancies, notably with\u00a0the Giants firing Brian Daboll earlier this week. Belichick was part of two Super Bowl titles with the Giants as defensive coordinator under Bill Parcells.<\/p>\n
Belichick, who\u00a0shrugged off coaching rumours\u00a0Tuesday after Daboll’s firing, specifically mentioned the Giants in Friday’s statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a privilege for me to work for the Mara family and be a member of Coach Parcells’ staff for over a decade,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cHowever, despite circulating rumours, I have not and will not pursue any NFL head coaching vacancies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Belichick’s Tar Heels (4-5, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference)\u00a0have won two straight games\u00a0to inch closer to bowl eligibility, notably with a better defensive showing\u00a0that has included racking up sacks.<\/p>\n
UNC visits Wake Forest on Saturday, the first of three straight in-state ACC foes to end the regular-season schedule.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy focus remains solely on continuing to improve this team, develop our players and build a program that makes Tar Heel fans proud,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cWe’re on to Wake Forest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Carolina coach Bill Belichick said he isn’t pursuing any jobs as a head coach in the NFL.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-284534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}