Invoice Belichick is onto Chapel Hill and UNC is the place he intends to remain.
That’s in keeping with Michael Lombardi, the newly minted normal supervisor of Belichick’s Tar Heels soccer program, who informed Pat McAfee on Thursday the chatter swirling round a possible NFL U-turn for the legendary coach is just not true.
“Bill Belichick committed North Carolina. He committed it to me, he committed it to the university, there’s been no conversation about anything, and we drive, from this office here, as this football field behind me, to where we’re staying. We commute each day together and we both talk about how messed up the NFL is and how thankful we’re in college football,” Lombardi stated on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Belichick, who leaped to the faculty ranks in December after practically 5 a long time within the league, has been on the heart of NFL teaching buzz following the conclusion of the common season Sunday.
On Wednesday, someday after the Raiders parted methods with Antonio Pierce following his first full season because the crew’s head coach, NFL.com reported Tom Brady — now a minority proprietor of the Las Vegas franchise — had spoken “recently” with Belichick “about what it would take to make a reunion happen.”
Belichick, 72, and Brady, 47, gained six Tremendous Bowls throughout 20 seasons in New England.
The long run Corridor of Fame quarterback left the franchise after the 2019 season and gained yet another Tremendous Bowl in 2021 with Tampa Bay, the place he concluded his profession in early 2023.
A yr later in 2024, Belichick parted methods with the Patriots following 24 seasons as head coach.
Lombardi, who informed McAfee Thursday that he and Belichick are “completely committed” to North Carolina, dubbed the Raiders report a “complete falsehood.”
“Coach Belichick, when that story came out, was recruiting in South Jersey. Today he was at Bergen Catholic, one of the teams we watched play at Ocean City. He’s gone to The Hun School to recruit kids in Princeton,” Lombardi stated.
“I mean that story just had no legs. I think what often happens in rumoring, and I know this from doing it in the league, is people try to make a connection. A to B equals C. Well, that’s not always the case. Yes, Tom Brady is being involved with interviews. Yes, Tom Brady is doing research on head coaching candidates. Yes, Tom Brady is calling people up for advice and counsel because that’s why he’s so great at what he does cause he’s listening for advice. But don’t assume that that’s because he’s doing that he wants Bill Belichick.”
Lombardi served as normal supervisor and vp of the Browns in 2013 after working as personnel for groups such because the 49ers, Raiders and Eagles.
Lombardi was named an assistant to the Patriots’ teaching employees in 2014 when Belichick was nonetheless on the helm.
The size of Belichick’s collegiate tenure has been broadly speculated ever since he took the UNC job in December.
Belichick’s cope with UNC has a $10 million buyout ought to he depart earlier than June 1.
It drops to $1 million afterward.
Raiders brass are going to have its palms full this offseason.
Along with needing to safe a brand new head coach, the crew introduced Thursday it had fired normal supervisor Tom Telesco after one season.
The Raiders are one of many six teaching vacancies this cycle, which incorporates the Bears, Jets, Jaguars, Saints and Patriots.
The Jets and Titans are additionally on the hunt for brand new GMs.
