Bill Belichick became an eight-time Super Bowl champion with one ironclad rule – no distractions.
Yet, his inaugural year as head coach for the University of North Carolina is rife with them: A lawsuit, blow out losses and his 24-year-old girlfriend on the sidelines, who some say is grabbing too much attention.
Considered by many the greatest coach in NFL history, Belichick, 73, is also now named in a bombshell lawsuit filed Monday accusing UNC and its board of trustees of illegally hiring him as head coach behind closed doors. 12
The allegations come days after a 34-9 blow-out loss to University of Central FloridaSaturday knocking the Tar Heels down to 2-2 as they entered their bye week before facing the Clemson Tigers on Oct. 4.
While the performance was deemed “embarrassing” b