Who said recruiting wasn’t going to be fun?” That’s the question new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill head football coach Bill Belichick sarcastically posed on X on Tuesday morning while outside of a local BBQ joint.

When the North Carolina Tar Heels decided to part ways with Mack Brown, they saw a few recruits decommit and look elsewhere for an opportunity. But now with Bill Belichick as head coach, there's a chance some could come back including a key four-star edge rusher.

The University of North Carolina, which has been playing football since 1888, has never paid its head football coach at the top end of the college market. Until now.

After Bill Belichick spent nearly a quarter century on the sidelines as head coach of the New England Patriots and 48 years overall as an NFL coach, it may be hard to picture him coaching University of North Carolina football.