{"id":828070,"date":"2026-08-27T23:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828070\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T23:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:36:12","slug":"bill-belichick-continues-to-say-hes-focused-on-unc-not-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828070\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick continues to say he&#8217;s focused on UNC, not the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As should-be Hall of Fame head coach Bill Belichick prepares for his second season in college with an opening game in Ireland, he was asked if he ever sees himself returning to the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/murphsturph\/status\/2092965990862614685?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">focused on UNC right now absolutely<\/a>,\u201d Belichick said, via Brian Murphy of WRAL. \u201cI\u2019ve recruited these kids, two years with them, been with these guys. I want to help them. I had a great experience in the NFL, but I\u2019m very happy at North Carolina. I\u2019m excited to be there. Excited about the future of our program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that Belichick won\u2019t have a chance to return to the NFL unless someone wants him. Through three hiring cycles since the Patriots fired Belichick, he has had one interview.<\/p>\n<p>This year, with 10 openings, his name never came up. Last year, the Raiders and Tom Brady hired Pete Carroll without taking a serious look at Belichick.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult if not impossible to imagine Belichick back in the NFL. No fan base is clamoring for him. No front office will want to work with him. No owner will become smitten with the notion that he\u2019ll turn an also-ran into a champion.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger question is whether he\u2019ll unlock a third season at North Carolina. If this season goes like last season for UNC, he may be SOL in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As should-be Hall of Fame head coach Bill Belichick prepares for his second season in college with an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-828070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}