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Former North Carolina head coach Mack Brown appeared on “The Colin Cowherd Show” this week and shared his thoughts on Bill Belichick’s move to college football as his successor, the state of UNC athletics and what made quarterback Drake Maye special.
CHAPEL HILL — When Alex Taylor arrived in Chapel Hill last year, the four-star wide receiver out of Greensboro knew patience would be key. He spent most of last season watching and learning, but the redshirt freshman says that time gave him perspective.
CHAPEL HILL — Andrew Simpson’s journey to North Carolina was never about taking the easy path. It was about finding the right fit, one that would challenge him and prepare him for what comes next.
CHAPEL HILL — Bill Belichick got a laugh Wednesday from his response when the inevitable quarterback question surfaced during a press conference at the Kenan Football Center. He didn’t tip his hand.
Three Tar Heels are part of one of college football’s most exclusive honor rolls. North Carolina defensive backs Marcus Allen (top photo) and Thaddeus Dixon, and offensive lineman Daniel King on Wednesday were each chosen for the 2026 Senior Bowl Top 300 List, a spotlight reserved for only the nation’s most elite, draft-ready talent.
The first pitch Kane Kepley saw in professional baseball didn’t miss — it hit him. Even before that, he was already in a hole. Stepping into the batter’s box on Aug. 5 for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the Chicago Cubs’ Low-A Carolina League affiliate, the plate umpire flagged the rookie center fielder with a pitch-clock violation before he’d even seen a pitch.
Steve Newmark is set to earn $600,000 during the upcoming school year before his salary increases to $1 million when he officially takes over as North Carolina’s athletics director on July 1.
UNC freshman Caleb Wilson has signed a shoe endorsement contract with New Balance. Wilson confirmed the deal on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday morning by quote-tweeting a report by ESPN’s Shams Charania that he had signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar endorsement deal with the company with the words “NB Family!!!.”
When Moses Cabrera arrived in Chapel Hill, players quickly realized that conditioning would look different from past years. North Carolina’s head strength and conditioning coach came with a résumé unlike most in college football. Cabrera spent more than a decade with the New England Patriots, helping them win three Super Bowls and earning a reputation for building physically and mentally tough teams.
Questions remain about just how strong Bill Belichick’s first North Carolina team will be — and how high its potential ceiling could climb.
North Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Belichick’s two-year, $2.7 million contract makes him the football program’s highest-paid assistant coach but does not appear to have any provision for him to succeed Coach Bill Belichick, should his father leave the program.
North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham laid out on Friday how the Tar Heels will distribute their revenue-sharing pool among four sports, including doling out a larger slice to men’s basketball than the standard split, and creating a women’s basketball payroll of over $1 million.
The long-running tradition of a weekly Tar Heel Sports Network radio show for football and men’s basketball — typically featuring the head coach and carrying his name — will change this season.
North Carolina men’s basketball roster is finalized for next season with the arrival of 6–6 Montenegrin wing Luka Bogavac this week. The roster for new-look Tar Heels, officially announced by UNC on Thursday, features nine single-digit jersey numbers spread across a lineup heavy on new faces — three freshmen, six transfers, one international pickup and a junior varsity alum — anchored by just five with UNC experience.
It took about 75 days after he committed to Carolina, but Montenegrin wing Luca Bogavac is finally in Chapel Hill.
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