North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick is about as connected to the NFL as any college football coach ever has been, but he has made it clear that one NFL team will not be welcome in Chapel Hill.

In what was officially classified as a mutual decision, Belichick departed the New England Patriots in January 2024. There was speculation at the time that the decision was not so mutual, and that assumption has only been supported by reports since that Belichick was, in fact, pushed out of the organization after nearly a quarter of a century as the Patriots' head coach and de facto general manager by team owner Robert Kraft.

Kraft reportedly also may have played a factor in Belichick's unsuccessful search for another NFL head coaching job that winter, and Belichick seemingly hasn't

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