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Lombardi Joins Belichick to Bring NFL Edge to UNC Football

North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick has a general manager for the football program, a dynamic similar to the NFL.
Lombardi Joins Belichick to Bring NFL Edge to UNC Football
Head coach Bill Belichick of the North Carolina Tar Heels addresses the crowd during halftime in the game against the La Salle Explorers at the Dean E. Smith Center in Greensboro, N.C., on Dec. 14, 2024. Grant Halverson/Getty Images
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Bill Belichick is truly bringing an NFL feel to North Carolina football. The former longtime New England Patriots head coach now has a general manager for his college program in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Belichick, who became the Tar Heels head coach in December, also brought in former Cleveland Browns general manager Michael Lombardi for the same role at the University of North Carolina (UNC).  The two worked together in New England when Lombardi served as an assistant for the coaching staff between 2014 and 2016.

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