Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick North Carolina.
According to a New England Patriots coach, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked to advocate for then North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis’s work on Chapel Hill. ESPN report.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a joint press conference with President Luis Abinader at the National Palace in the Dominican Republic on Thursday, February 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
Tillis told ESPN: “Rubio followed the sports world very closely and he called me and said, ‘Berichik had a chance to come to Chapel Hill.’
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“He said,[Belichick] Want a school with a good academic reputation, he wanted to try to build a program to bring a national championship. I said, ‘Okay, let me go [make some calls]. ‘”
According to the report, Tillis then called North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, who was initially incredible until Tillis assured him.
A source told ESPN: “The efforts to land Belichick are from politician. ”
New North Carolina’s chief football coach Bill Belichick walked on the Dean Smith Center during the intermission of the game between La Salle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and NCAA college basketball in North Carolina on Saturday, December 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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Belichick’s eight-time Super Bowl champion leaves NFL A year before returning to unknown waters in December.
He entered college football with a profitable five-year, $50 million deal to guide tar heels. If any NFL team calls, the deal also includes an acquisition.
The 72-year-old coach returned to the driving range this week and revealed to reporters on Wednesday that he was exploding.
North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick worked with athletic director Bubba Cunningham at a December 12, 2024 press conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
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“It’s a great thing to be a head coach – I can coach anyone I want,” he said. “I can coach this line, I can yell at the tight end, I can yell at the DB, I can yell in the kickoff game.
“I can go to any group I want and coach them. Honestly, it’s the fun part.”
Belichick will debut on September 1 at home against TCU.
Fox News’s Scott Thompson contributed to the report.
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