The North Carolina Tar Heels have begun their spring practices. After being a non-factor for the past few years, the Tar Heels went out and upgraded their head coach. North Carolina landed arguably one of the greatest minds in football history: Bill Belichick.
Belichick has wasted little time sharing his knowledge with the team—on offense, defense and special teams. He was in rare form during a recent Tar Heels spring practice, which featured the eight-time Super Bowl champion mic’d up for the world to hear.
Mic’d-Up Bill Belichick Teaches UNC DBs the Game Within the Game
North Carolina head coach Belichick brings a wealth of experience—close to five decades of coaching football—to Chapel Hill. Now referred to as “Chapel Bill,” Belichick was mic’d up as he spoke with the team, and more specifically, the Tar Heels’ defensive backs during a recent spring practice.
Bill Belichick mic’d up is worth the listen 🔥
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Belichick is known to be tough on his players, especially during his time in the NFL. It took a lot to make him happy, but to say he’s changed would be a massive understatement. This was seen firsthand during a recent college football practice for the Tar Heels.
A video surfaced on social media Wednesday of Belichick coaching his Tar Heel players. Instead of yelling or berating them, he seemed very encouraging and more fun-spirited than many would expect.
Belichick found a clever way to help prevent North Carolina defensive backs from holding and drawing penalties. As seen in the video, he stopped practice before telling someone off-camera, “We gotta get the gloves on these guys. There’s holding on every play, usually twice.”
The camera then panned to a North Carolina player slipping on a black, mitten-like object onto each of his hands. These helped the player legally impede the offensive player’s progress without drawing a holding penalty.
The video continued to show Belichick moving from player to player, offering pointers and reinforcing positive coaching habits wherever possible. He’s wasted no time in helping these players, and he could very well be a big reason North Carolina gets back into the national championship conversation.
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If the clip is any indication, Belichick seems to be enjoying the fact that he’s back on the sideline coaching, regardless of whether it’s college football or the NFL. Despite a rough final few years in New England, Belichick remains one of the top football minds in history.
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