CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bill Belichick’s transition from NFL legend to college head coach is quickly becoming one of the most puzzling and painful experiments in recent football memory.
After a 38–10 loss to a struggling opponent, the North Carolina Tar Heels dropped to 2–3, and the criticism has reached a boiling point.
ESPN’s Paul Finebaum didn’t mince words, calling Belichick’s stint in Chapel Hill an “abject disaster” and suggesting the future Hall of Famer is trending toward becoming “the worst coach in college football history.”
The numbers back up that sentiment.
UNC has been outscored by a combined 120–33 in its three losses to Power Four teams, including a 28–3 first-quarter deficit against Clemson, a 48-14 loss to TCU to open the season and a 34-9 loss to UCF.
Their only wins have