{"id":835937,"date":"2026-09-04T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835937\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T07:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:18:12","slug":"unc-investigation-turns-attention-to-steve-belichick-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835937\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC investigation turns attention to Steve Belichick, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation that resulted in the resignation of North Carolina G.M. Michael Lombardi seems to be expanding.<\/p>\n<p>Via WRAL, lawyers hired to conduct the probe <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/sports\/north-carolina-lombardi-out-general-manager-tar-heels-september-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have now focused<\/a> on Tar Heels defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, who is currently on medical leave.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Belichick previously served as the Patriots\u2019 defensive coordinator, when his father, Bill, was the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, investigators are questioning witnesses regarding whether Steve Belichick \u201cused drugs on the job or provided drugs to at least one player.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The investigation separately is exploring whether an unnamed member of the North Carolina recruiting staff had a sexual relationship with a player, according to the report. Lawyers also have inquired about possible sexual relationships between assistant coaches and the recruiting staff.<\/p>\n<p>Subjects of the interviews include current and former Tar Heels players, parents, and staff members. The investigation also targets documents and screenshots of text conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Although head coach Bill Belichick has not been identified as a focal point of the investigation, he\u2019s the captain of the ship. And the ship, from a cultural standpoint, seems to be sinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The investigation that resulted in the resignation of North Carolina G.M. Michael Lombardi seems to be expanding. Via&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-835937","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\/835937","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=835937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}