Bill Belichick’s jab at Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft shows why he didn’t go back to NFL, chose UNC instead originally appeared on The Sporting News Bill Belichick is getting ready to begin his career as the head coach of North Carolina. But that’s not where anyone expected the former New England Patriots coach to end up.

There are very real differences between college football and NFL football. As North Carolina coach Bill Belichick is experiencing during his first college training camp, after 50 years in pro football.

Belichick, meanwhile, failed to land a job in the pros in '24, has since resorted to becoming the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels —a middling ACC program—and is now taking shots at his former boss Robert Kraft and his son, Jonathan.