Invoice Belichick was unveiled because the College of North Carolina’s new head coach on Thursday and introduced upon his arrival that teaching in faculty was one thing he’d “always wanted”.
The six-time Tremendous Bowl-winning head coach has agreed to a five-year deal at UNC, the place his late father was an assistant coach for the Tar Heels from 1953 to 1955.
At Belichick’s introductory press convention, UNC chancellor Lee Roberts got here armed with a present: a short-sleeved gray hoodie – a trademark from his NFL teaching days – bearing the UNC brand.
“I’ve always wanted to coach in college football,” Belichick instructed the reporters gathered. “It just never really worked out.”
“I had some good years in the NFL, so that was okay,” he added, delivered along with his regular dry wit.
“That is actually type of a dream come true. I grew up in faculty soccer with my dad, he was a coach at Navy for 50 years, in order a child all I knew is faculty soccer.
It is nice to come back again house to Carolina and again in an surroundings that I actually grew up in.”
The varsity’s trustees accepted phrases of the deal to rent Belichick as the brand new soccer coach earlier on Thursday.
He sat between Roberts and UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham, who paid his personal tribute by donning a go well with jacket with the sleeves reduce off to imitate one other Belichick sideline look.
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Neil Reynolds mirrored on Belichick’s unimaginable tenure in New England after it was introduced he was leaving the Patriots after 24 seasons
The 72-year-old Belichick holds 333 profession wins within the NFL, trailing solely Don Shula’s 347 for the NFL file, whereas his 31 playoff wins are probably the most in league historical past – and he has been linked to different NFL jobs since his departure from the New England Patriots on the finish of final season, most notably the Atlanta Falcons in January.
When requested about fan issues that he may depart shortly for the subsequent NFL job, Belichick stated: “I didn’t come here to leave.”
“I’m here to, as Bubba said, teach, develop and build a program in the way that I believe in.”
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Invoice Belichick’s ultimate press convention with the group after stepping down as head coach of the New England Patriots
And when requested how lengthy he may wish to hold teaching, Belichick quipped: “It beats working. My dad told me this: when you love what you do, it’s not work.
“I really like what I do. I really like teaching.”
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