Offseason Hard Knocks To Feature Bill Belichick & UNC After NFL Teams Decline

Ryan Glassspeigel reports that Bill Belichick and the University of North Carolina will be featured on Offseason Hard Knocks this year.

The Giants were featured on Offseason Hard Knocks last season and later come under a great deal of criticism for how GM Joe Schoen handled the situation involving RB Saquon Barkley.

Glassspeigel says NFL Films could not find an NFL team to do it after what took place with the Giants last year.

Belichick made the move to the college game this offseason after it became clear that he wasn’t going to get another NFL coaching job. Belichick brought in former Browns GM Michael Lombardi to be UNC’s GM, so they should be featured prominently, as they look to rebuild the program. 

Belichick, 72, got his start coaching in the NFL in 1975 with the then-Baltimore Colts. He had assistant jobs with the Lions and Broncos before landing with the Giants, where he eventually rose to defensive coordinator under legendary HC Bill Parcells. 

The Browns hired Belichick as head coach in 1991 and he was in the post for five years before being fired. He rejoined Parcells as an assistant with the Patriots and left to go with him to the Jets the following year.

He was slated to replace Parcells as head coach of the Jets in 2000 but infamously resigned and was hired by the Patriots, who had to give up a first-round pick to the Jets as compensation. Belichick won six Super Bowls in 24 years in New England before being let go at the end of the 2023 season. 

For his career, Belichick has a record of 302-163 over 29 seasons (.655 W/L percentage) and has eight Super Bowl rings, six of them as head coach of the Patriots. He’s a three-time winner of the AP Coach of the Year award.