Bill Belichick's failings at North Carolina underline one thing: He thinks he's bigger than the job Posted Oct 7, 2025 Bill Belichick and the unaccountable band of cronies and flunkies that followed him to UNC have failed to grasp one fundamental principle of college sports. Even for the most successful coach in NFL history, the program and the players always come first. That means you don’t bring petty feuds that followed you from the New England Patriots into the building. (Yahoo! Sports)