UNC football general manager Mike Lombardi made his weekly appearance on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Thursday, addressing many topics, including Coach Bill Belichick’s signing of his contract with UNC.
Category: Football
Tar Heels in NFL: ‘Grateful’ Brown has big day, catches TD pass in Washington win; 4 other UNC alums advance
Dyami Brown picked an ideal time to have his best game of the season with a career-high reception total. The fourth-year wide receiver caught a career-high five passes for a season-best 89 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown reception, as his Washington Commanders beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night 23–20 in an NFC wild-card game in Tampa, Fla.
UNC football GM Lombardi: Belichick 1,000% committed to Tar Heels
Bill Belichick is committed to the North Carolina football program, Michael Lombardi, his general manager, said Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Raiders, other NFL teams reportedly contact Belichick but he isn’t interested
Carolina football coach Bill Belichick reportedly has heard from multiple NFL teams about their head coaching openings but isn’t interested in an NFL job.
Belichick, son out recruiting prep players in state as commitments keep coming, staff comes together
ill Belichick was hard at work on the road Monday recruiting high school players in North Carolina along with his son, Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Belichick. Transfer-portal commitments keep coming as the Tar Heels’ coaching staff starts to come together.
Tar Heels in NFL: Downs sets Colts mark in big day; short day for Maye; TD pass for Trubisky; Carter scores TD
It was Mitch Trubisky against Drake Maye on Sunday and, in an example of how the last weekend of the regular season is a little different, Trubisky got much more playing time on a day that Josh Downs put up big numbers and Michael Carter scored a touchdown.
Belichick expects ‘strong NFL presence’ as he fills out staff soon, says ‘a lot of people’ want to come to Carolina
Bill Belichick hears from many people who want to come to Carolina, expects to fill out his coaching staff in two weeks with a “strong NFL presence,” and is prepared for a big month for the program.
Tar Heels in NFL: Carter has big game for Arizona; Maye sets Pats rookie QB record in loss; Trubisky tosses TD pass
After spending most of the season on the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad, running back Michael Carter had his second-best career effort Saturday in his second game of the season. Meanwhile, Drake Maye set a New England franchise record for rookie quarterbacks and Mitch Trubisky threw a touchdown pass.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: UConn
If you thought an interim coach, a lame-duck staff and significant numbers of players missing through a combination of injuries, opt-outs and the transfer portal were going to make for bad football, then you were right.
Forgettable Fenway showing for Heels with Belichick hope ahead
BOSTON — There was plenty missing from North Carolina’s offense that led to the equivalent of a near no-hitter at Fenway Park.
The Tar Heels couldn’t hit on any big plays other than Chris Culliver’s kickoff return until a late Caleb Hood-fueled drive, as UConn easily won the Fenway Bowl 27–14 Saturday at Fenway Park before a partisan Huskies crowd.
Cunningham addresses June 1 drop in Belichick’s buyout
BOSTON — Why does Coach Bill Belichick’s Carolina contract buyout drop from $10 million to $1 million on June 1? Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham address that on Saturday.
Heels excited to play at Fenway Park, which presents rare challenges
BOSTON — For the second time in three seasons, North Carolina will play a bowl game in a Major League Baseball stadium. Unlike the 2022 Holiday Bowl at the San Diego Padres’ Petco Park, Saturday’s 11 a.m. game will be played in Fenway Park, one of baseball’s most classic ballparks and home of the Boston Red Sox.
Belichick reportedly interested in one of top safeties in transfer portal
North Carolina is reportedly one of eight schools that have shown interest in Georgia State’s Jeremiah Johnson, one of the top safeties in the transfer portal.
Tar Heels in NFL: Maye defends coaches after Pats nearly pull upset; Downs scores fifth TD; Carter makes season debut
Rookie quarterback Drake Maye added more highlight-reel plays and gave New England a shot at pulling the upset at Buffalo on a Sunday when Josh Downs scored his fifth touchdown of the season, and Michael Carter finally made his season debut.
Belichick again pitches UNC program on ESPN, talks about recruiting, college landscape on ‘GameDay’
Not many college football coaches get a national platform to make their pitch to recruits, but Carolina coach Bill Belichick continues to get that with ESPN, and he took full advantage of that in his Friday appearance on “College GameDay.”
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