The quarterback battle at North Carolina has received a new update as the 2025 season is right around the corner.

Bill Belichick, an eight-time Super Bowl champion—six times as a head coach and two times as an assistant—being named the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels was one of the biggest storylines of the offseason. He is taking over for Mack Brown, who has had an impressive collegiate coaching career.

From Chapel Hill dreams to postseason nightmares, UNC’s 2025 football season could go in three directions. Here’s what Bill Belichick and the Heels are up against. Here’s an interesting and thought-provoking question: How many games do you think North Carolina can win in the 2025 season?

Belichick spent 24 seasons in New England, winning six Super Bowls alongside future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady, before exiting the franchise in January 2024. He pivoted to sports media opportunities after missing out on the NFL hiring cycle.

Steve Belichick will receive a base salary of $1.3 million, making him the highest-paid assistant on UNC football’s staff.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as UNC Shares Mic'd Up Footage of Bill Belichick at Tar Heels Training Camp Practice. After an off-season saga involving his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, took the train a bit off the track, Bill Belichick has North Carolina moving full speed ahead in his first season as head coach in Chapel Hill.

Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will kick off his new career phase with a UNC coaching job starting in 2025.