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Bill Belichick is having a rough time at North Carolina.
Earlier this week, The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman and Ralph D. Russo spoke to a group of five head coach, who revealed why he believes Belichick’s transfer portal recruiting strategy has not worked for North Carolina.
Via The Athletic
“What I think they miscalculated is with the way they were taking (players) in the portal and paying dudes. It made me wonder, did they actually understand the landscape they were in? Did they understand that they’re in the ACC, not like Conference USA or the Sun Belt? Like, we got beat by North Carolina on a bunch of kids. I was like, why the f–k is North Carolina beating us on kids? When I keep running up against the same P4s over and over again in recruiting, I’m like, all right, they’re gonna suck.”
On Saturday, Belichick’s North Carolina team got crushed by Clemson at home, and UNC fans could be seen heading for exits in droves before halftime with the score 35-3.
North Carolina fans are emptying the stadium.
They’re over the Bill Belichick experiment. pic.twitter.com/tPeET5ezKt
— Ratioed Sports (@RatioedSports) October 4, 2025
Looks like Bill Belichick is losing whatever homefield advantage @UNCFootball hoped to build during his tenure. pic.twitter.com/8vdNc0lDJB
— Eugene Frenette (@GeneFrenette) October 4, 2025
Fans crushed Belichick on social media.
“Bill Belichick has ruined his legacy. He had a losing record in Cleveland, a losing record without Tom Brady in New England (Brady won a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay WITHOUT him), and his UNC team is awful. Now he gets more press for his young girlfriend than his coaching” commented one fan.
“UNC football is legit pathetic right now. The Belichick hire was always going to be a complete disaster.” said another fan.