North Carolina returns from its week off with a fairly historic matchup.
When the Tar Heels host Clemson on Saturday, the coaching matchup will be only the second of its kind.
As noted by Steve Reed of the Associated Press, the contest between UNC coach Bill Belichick and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney will be only the second college football game featuring a coach who has won multiple Super Bowls and a coach who has won multiple national championships.
The other came on January 1, 1993, when Bill Walsh and Stanford faced Joe Paterno and Penn State. Walsh won three Super Bowls; Paterno won three national titles.
“I mean, are you kidding me? It’s amazing,” Swinney said Tuesday, per Reed. “I mean, I never in my lifetime thought I would get an opportunity to coach against coach Belichick.