The highlight simply acquired brighter for Invoice Belichick.
The College of North Carolina, which employed the previous NFL coach in December, is contemplating taking a activate HBO’s “Hard Knocks: Offseason.”
“There’s a lot of conversations going on right now about that,” Tar Heels soccer GM Michael Lombardi mentioned on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Friday. “We’ve had a lot of offers from people all over to come in and look at our program and kind of do the behind-the-scenes things, but I don’t think anything’s yet been official or signed.”
The information, first reported by Entrance Workplace Sports activities‘ Ryan Glasspiegel, comes as NFL Films had difficulty finding an NFL team to commit to “Hard Knocks” after last year’s Giants debacle, which highlighted the saga of shedding Saquon Barkley to the Eagles.
“There’s definitely a chance. We hope it’s back,” NFL Movies VP Keith Cossrow instructed McAfee in January. “We’re speaking to a bunch of groups about it. However we’ll see what occurs. I imply, we want a keen participant on that one. We’re not going to pressure somebody to do this present.
“That show is about a process,” he continued. “And I think it’s really cool to have been able to make a show about, ‘Hey we’re going to start in January and we’re going to have an endpoint after the draft. And you’re going to see how a group of people, faced with really difficult decisions, goes about making those decisions.’”
Belichick, 72, will probably be underneath a microscope in his first 12 months teaching on the faculty degree — and having it’s on HBO will surely add intrigue to his opening chapter as a Tar Heel.
“There’s not many times you can have the greatest coach of all time take you into a meeting,” Lombardi mentioned.
The eight-time Tremendous Bowl winner and the Patriots parted methods after 24 seasons collectively final January.
He took a 12 months off from teaching, however stored busy with a variety of tv gigs.
Final month, Belichick signed a five-year take care of a $10 million per 12 months in base wage — although solely the primary three years are assured.
The contract additionally has a $10 million buyout that drops to $1 million in June.
“I didn’t come here to leave,” Belichick mentioned throughout his introductory press convention at Chapel Hill on Dec. 12, 2024, which his 23-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson attended.
The previous Nationwide Champion cheerleader would possible be featured on the present as she had been publicly supportive of the Tar Heels after Belichick was employed.
Previous to that, Belichick’s title circulated via the teaching carousel.
Followers will now get a closeup have a look at coach, who’s stern and personal about his program, in his component.
