Bill Belichick Reportedly Gave UNC a ‘Bible’ List of Demands and Is ‘Not Willing to Negotiate’

Rumors about back-and-forth negotiations between alumni NFL head coach Bill Belichick and the University of North Carolina regarding the vacant coaching position at school continue to swirl.

According to some, the parties continue to discuss and the situation is “very fluid“.

According to others“the ball is in Belichick’s court” and the school hopes “a decision will come soon” with “a lot going on behind the scenes.”

And according to the most convincing rumor to date, which comes to us via Ollie Connolly The guardianThe 72-year-old coach, who will be 73 when the college football season begins, agreed to become UNC’s coach and presented the school with a 400-page “organizational bible” that contains a set of demands that he is “reluctant to negotiate”.

By ConnollyBelichick’s bible, which he shared with other college and pro teams but customized specifically for the UNC position, contains “position-by-position structure, payment plans, personnel choices and minimum salaries” that ” would require historic levels of investment from the school.” “

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To appease Belichick, the school should also commit to hiring a coaching staff led by Belichick and a recruiting team led by a sitting college general manager who should be bought out of his current contract.

Belichick is waiting for UNC’s athletic director and chancellor, as well as school commissioners and developers, to sign the agreement. He should know their decision within 24 hours, according to Connolly.

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It might not be the one the six-time Super Bowl winner is looking for.

“There has already been some pushback from the group of 13 administrators, with input from more teachers. The investment would rethink the school’s approach to football,” Connolly writing. “Belichick is unsure if the school will meet the demands and is unwilling to negotiate.”

If this report is even half accurate, committing to Belichick would require a major change in football philosophy and would essentially make the university a NFL preparation program. At least that’s what Belichick has in mind, as he explained to Pat McAfee.

“Let me put this in all caps: IF I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for players who had the ability to play in the NFL“, Belichick said yesterday on the McAfee program. “It would be a professional program. Training, nutrition, program, coaching, techniques that would be transferred to the NFL. It would be a NFL college level program. »

And it would be very, very weird to see Belichick run it, but that’s where we are.

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