Kliff Kingsbury might want to see it to consider it.
The Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, a former head coach at Texas Tech, nonetheless has his doubts about Invoice Belichick teaching UNC.
“We’ll see how the NFL job search goes and all that,” Kingsbury mentioned on Thursday, per NBC Sports activities. “I will have to see [Belichick] on the sideline, coaching, in Chapel Hill, to believe that it is happening.”
Properly, barring some last-second interception of seismic and unprecedented proportions, it definitely appears to be occurring.
Belichick, 72, held his introductory press convention in Chapel Hill on Thursday, simply someday after the information broke {that a} deal was being finalized to carry the six-time Tremendous Bowl champion in on a five-year contract.
“I’ve always wanted to coach in college football,” Belichick mentioned at Thursday’s ceremony. “It just never really worked out.”
The second-winningest head coach in NFL historical past continued: “This was really a dream come true. I grew up in college football with my dad, who was in it for 50 years. All I knew was college football. It’s great to be back in Carolina, an environment I grew up in.”
Earlier than the 302 common season wins and the 31 postseason wins, earlier than the dynasty in New England and the unceremonious break-up with Patriots’ proprietor Robert Kraft, earlier than the roast and the Ring and the bike rides by means of Nantucket, lil’ Invoice was only a toddler trying up in the direction of coach Dad.
Steve Belichick, Invoice’s father, was an assistant coach with the Tar Heels from 1953-55.
Later, he moved on to Navy, the place he served as an assistant from 1956-89.
Invoice’s determination despatched shockwaves all all through the collegiate {and professional} ranks.
Lawrence Taylor, for one, is thrilled.
Much less excited, maybe, are various NFL basic managers and house owners who had been holding out hope that one of many biggest minds within the recreation would come out of temporary-retirement to guide their squad.
Belichick had been linked to various head teaching vacancies and his desertion from the race makes the pool only a bit thinner.
For aspirants equivalent to, maybe, Kingsbury, it is likely to be a blessing. No disguise.
Kingsbury, the previous Cardinals head coach, is a major candidate for the Bears’ head teaching job and is more likely to get appears from a number of the league’s different organizations.
“I don’t see my man doing a home visit,” Kingsbury quipped on Thursday.
Kingsbury is aware of the lay of the land, partially, as a result of he did the entire faculty factor final yr.
The 45-year-old former quarterback served as a senior offensive assistant at USC, the place quarterback Caleb Williams, now of the Bears, was taking part in out his last yr of school ball.
