NFL Network Insider T Rapaport, Tom Pleso. And
uh I think we all expected Bill Belichick guys to
once again be a popular name on the NFL head
coaching cycle when that begins in earnest after the season
. Although it sounds like, uh coach Bill is
getting a jump on that front. It's just a
conversation, so don't have a cow man. But
yes, Bill Belichick is certainly keeping his options open
for where potentially he is going to be coaching in
2025. We know this Bill Belichick is putting in
the time to prepare himself for his next opportunity.
My understanding is it's always been a part of the
plan to talk to some different types of people,
including one that happened recently. That's right. Bill
Belichick having conversations with the University of North Carolina football
program and by the way, previously considered Arthur Smith
before he withdrew his name. Uh Yeah, I
mean, this is what Bill Belichick's reality is now
. He wants to return to the sideline in 2025
believe it would prefer potentially it be in the NFL
, but he is certainly not ruling college and,
and actually, you know, when something like this
comes up when it gets reported by, by a
website in North Carolina, everyone kind of goes.
Oh, that's weird. It's not that weird.
It is real. It is certainly something that my
understanding is. Belichick is fairly serious about. He's
done a lot of research, talked to a lot
of people in college football, a lot of his
friends about what college football is like. And if
you want a comparison for what it would be like
if Bill Belichick took the North Carolina job, look
no further than Deion Sanders, big name can recruit
. Thanks in part to his name, will hire
a great staff to do a lot of the hands
on coaching. They run it like the NFL anyway
, which Bill Belichick dominated for years and years owning
the salary cap part of it and also having Tom
Brady, this actually makes some sense. I'm not
saying it's gonna happen, but it actually does make
some sense. I would also not take this as
a sign that Bill Belichick is just willing to coach
literally anywhere he interviewed for one job last year with
the Falcons. Atlanta, obviously ultimately decided to go
in a different direction and hired Raheem Morris. When
you look at the landscape of the jobs that are
available right now across the NFL, I would fairly
tell you that if Bill is going to be coaching
somewhere in the league in 2025 it's a job that
is not yet open.