Where is Steve Belichick? What we know about UNC's 'coach in waiting' during leave originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
College football's Week Zero kicks off on Saturday, headlined by Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels taking on the TCU Horned Frogs in Dublin.
But as North Carolina looks to improve from its 4-8 finish last season, Coach Belichick will start Week 1 without his defensive coordinator, his son, Steve Belichick. The Tar Heels have been practicing without the younger Belichick since early August, and they will take on TCU in Ireland without their defensive coordinator.
Let's take a look at why UNC is without Steve Belichick and who will be coaching the defense against the Horned Frogs.
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Steve Belichick has been away from the team since Aug. 6, as UNC and his father announced that he was leaving the team on "indefinite medical leave."
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College football's Week Zero kicks off on Saturday, headlined by Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels taking on the TCU Horned Frogs in Dublin.
But as North Carolina looks to improve from its 4-8 finish last season, Coach Belichick will start Week 1 without his defensive coordinator, his son, Steve Belichick. The Tar Heels have been practicing without the younger Belichick since early August, and they will take on TCU in Ireland without their defensive coordinator.
Let's take a look at why UNC is without Steve Belichick and who will be coaching the defense against the Horned Frogs.
MORE: SN's 2026 Preseason All-America team| All-America teams by decade
Steve Belichick has been away from the team since Aug. 6, as UNC and his father announced that he was leaving the team on "indefinite medical leave."
#without #team #week #carolina
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