The college football season is right around the corner, and one of the most talked-about teams heading into the 2025 campaign is the North Carolina Tar Heels — now led by legendary head coach Bill Belichick in his first season at the collegiate level,

It’s a new frontier of college coaching, but Belichick has made it awfully familiar. He was flanked by his sons, Steve and Brian, and the practice playlist featured a Bon Jovi song that was released decades before the Tar Heel freshmen were born.

In his first season at North Caroli, Bill Belichick is managing the roster like an NFL GM — valuing depth, trimming early, and finding hidden gems.