Holding Court: UNC’s Improving Defense Offers Hope
At the beginning of the Bill Belichick era in Chapel Hill, North Carolina had several high-profile opportunities to show whether it was ready to compete against high-caliber opponents.
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David Glenn
Holding Court: UNC Aims to Revive Its Elite NBA Pipeline
In more recent years, UNC men’s basketball has fallen from a prominent perch in the NBA universe. Hubert Davis must help them return to it.
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Holding Court: UNC Football Players’ Attitude, Effort May Answer Key Belichick Questions
Attitude and effort. Coaches — in all sports, at all levels — like to remind their players that, in a world overflowing with outside influences, unpredictable variables and unexpected adversities, those are the two things that are always in their control. Good parents often remind their children, whether young or older, of the same concepts.
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Holding Court: Raw Numbers Show Belichick Debut Approaching Historically Bad Turf
There’s plenty of room for intelligent debate regarding many aspects of legendary National Football League coach Bill Belichick’s ongoing attempt to succeed at the college level, but it’s not too soon to draw at least one conclusion.
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Holding Court: With Swinney vs. Belichick Finally Here, Both Coaches Face Difficult Questions
The high-profile coaching matchup frames Clemson’s visit to UNC, but the teams’ underwhelming starts have taken the buzz away.
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Holding Court: Tar Heels’ Anemic Passing Game Weighing Down Belichick’s Debut
One-third of the way through Bill Belichick’s first season at North Carolina, the Tar Heels have a middling 2-2 record, but a closer look at those four games uncovers more bad news than good.
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Holding Court: Goldilocks Principle in Effect for UNC’s Road Trip to UCF
Neither UNC nor UCF has exhibited dominant line play against a quality opponent this season, so this game likely will be decided by the usual things — big plays, turnovers, high-IQ football, poise under pressure, minimization of mistakes, and old-fashioned execution.
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Holding Court: Tar Heels Face Mid-October Deadline
While Bill Belichick’s first season as North Carolina’s football coach already has had its share of circus sideshows, on and off the field, one intriguing aspect of the Tar Heels’ ongoing 2025 campaign relates to a far less provocative detail: the team’s unusual schedule.
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Holding Court: Carolina’s Complete Defensive Collapse
In his 511 games as a head coach in the National Football League, Bill Belichick never saw one of his teams give up 48 or more points in a single contest.
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Holding Court: Belichick’s First UNC Opponent Provokes Inspiration, Perspiration
When North Carolina and TCU agreed to play a two-game football series almost a decade ago, in 2016, Larry Fedora was the head coach of the Tar Heels and Gary Patterson was the head coach of the Horned Frogs.
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