CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- After a week of chaos surrounding the North Carolina football program and Bill Belichick's future in Chapel Hill, the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach denied rumors he was looking for an exit and doubled down on his belief that his "process" eventually will lead to a winning team.

"Reports about my looking for a buyout or trying to leave here is categorically false," Belichick said. "There's zero truth to any of that. I'm glad I'm here. We're working toward our goals. We believe very much in the process. We need to just keep working and grinding away, and that's exactly what we're doing."

Belichick said there were "things we could've done better" but widely praised embattled general manager Michael Lombardi as having "done a good job," reiterated that the timing o

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