Bill Belichick talks family ties and desire to coach college football in first North Carolina news Posted Dec 12, 2024 Bill Belichick made sure to win over North Carolina fans early in his first news conference. Belichick was a toddler when his father was at UNC, and he said he remembered hearing a famous family story about himself as a young child after holding up an old sweatshirt of his father's at the podium. “Billy’s first words were ‘beat Duke,’” Belichick said. (Yahoo! Sports)