Oregon Ducks offensive analyst Matt Lombardi is expected to become an assistant coach on Bill Belichick's staff with the North Carolina Tar Heels. Lombardi spent just one year with the Ducks.

As college football's 2025 transfer portal cycle works through January, the winter window is in the books with North Carolina front and center among 247Sports' five burning questions. The Tar Heels entered Tuesday at No.

Only time will tell if Belichick's staff can get the North Carolina program back on track after a 6-7 season under College Football Hall of Fame coach Mack Brown. The program hasn't won more than nine games in a season since 2015, with the last ACC championship coming in 1989.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's new head football coach Bill Belichick is making the rounds recruiting in the Tarheel State.

And on Monday, the four-star talent was in Chapel Hill for an official visit with first-year UNC football head coach Bill Belichick and the Tar Heels. ALSO READ: Tar Heels Land Formidable In-State Transfer Gavin Gibson Also on Monday,

What is it like to be recruited to a college program by Bill Belichick? Four-star edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes was among the first to find out. Griffin-Haynes got a recruiting visit from Belichick on Monday as the North Carolina coach formally hits the recruiting trail for the first time.

The Tar Heels’ football program continues its transformation as Belichick brings in talent from CFP-featured programs and NFL pedigrees.

When Bill Belichick took the head coaching job with the North Carolina Tar Heels, the main concern from the outside was the recruiting. This is a steely, no-nonsense man—how is he going to handle the constant shmoozing and unique interpersonal relationship-building that is crafting a college football roster?