North Carolina hiring former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick to lead the football program is far more than UNC dipping into the ranks of professional sports for a head coach.
The selection of Belichick, who has zero college coaching experience — his father was an assistant at UNC 50 years ago — is more about getting ahead of the curve regarding how the landscape of college sports is changing.
The fact that hiring makes a big new splash is just the icing on the cake…