North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick took an apparent swipe at the New England Patriots while explaining how he was acclimating to college football approximately 10 days before the Tar Heels open the 2025 season versus TCU.

Until Bill Belichick makes his college football debut in the Sept. 1 opener against TCU, Mack Brown remains the last coach to lead North Carolina on the field in a regular-season game. The two-time Tar Heels head man said he sees differences in his old program in the short time he has been away,

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Bill Belichick brings a résumé with six Super Bowl titles as an NFL head coach to his first foray into college coaching at North Carolina. His arrival was something of a spectacle, one teeming with pressure for a team that will play under a spotlight tied to Belichick's mere presence on the sideline.