Huge information hit the soccer world on Wednesday when Invoice Belichick, who guided Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to 6 Tremendous Bowl championships within the 2000s and 2010s, turned the brand new head coach for the College of North Carolina.
Belichick took this season off after he and the Patriots parted methods following the 2023 marketing campaign, and it was broadly thought he could be again on the sideline for an NFL staff in 2025.
Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, whose personal fast future is murky, congratulated Belichick when he heard the information, per Nick Harris.
“He’ll be somebody to be reckoned with…Congratulations to him, I’m glad for him,” McCarthy stated.
Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy discovered whereas on the rostrum for his press convention that Invoice Belichick is heading to UNC:
“He’ll be somebody to be reckoned with…Congratulations to him, I am glad for him.”#DallasCowboys
— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) December 11, 2024
McCarthy has been the Cowboys’ head coach since 2020, and previous to that, he gained a Vince Lombardi Trophy because the Inexperienced Bay Packers’ longtime head coach.
Belichick obtained his first NFL head teaching gig in 1991 with the Cleveland Browns after a number of years and two world titles because the New York Giants’ defensive coordinator underneath Invoice Parcells.
He’s on the doorstep of surpassing legendary Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula for probably the most wins in NFL historical past as a head coach, however for now, he’ll as an alternative be teaching within the NCAA.
The Tar Heels have by no means actually been a soccer powerhouse — the varsity is generally generally known as a basketball establishment that has bred a number of NBA legends — however now, they might turn out to be a major draw due to Belichick and his legacy.
Curiously, Belichick’s father was the Tar Heels’ head coach within the mid-Fifties, and one in every of his former gamers whereas with the Giants — legendary linebacker Lawrence Taylor — performed his school ball at Chapel Hill.
