The North Carolina Tar Heels ' football program made one of the biggest surprise hires of the offseason after signing Bill Belichick to a five-year contract with an annual salary of $10 million. However, most of the guarantees are within the first three years of the deal.

Bill Belichick is in the process of filling out his first staff at the University of North Carolina. Belichick has already hired his offensive and defensive coordinators, retaining Freddie Kitchens from Mack Brown's staff for the former role and bringing in his son Steve for the latter.