Belichick, a legendary coach who won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, took over the Tar Heels' program in December.
Bill Belichick won't be making his Hard Knocks debut this year. Word last week was that the second offseason edition of the HBO show created by NFL Films would feature Belichick and the University of North Carolina football team,
Bill Belichick's North Carolina program will be the featured team on HBO's upcoming offseason version of "Hard Knocks," per a report Friday from Front Office Sports.
In 24 years as the Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick never appeared on a season of HBO’s Hard Knocks. That drought will reportedly come to an end in his first year as a college head coach. Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports reports that the University of North Carolina will be the featured team on this year’s offseason version of the show.
NFL Films had discussions with Coach Belichick and UNC about appearing on ‘Hard Knocks’ this offseason but couldn’t reach an agreement,” an NFL Media spokesperson told CBS Sports. CBS Sports reports that “creative control” was the point of contention.
Just the thought of Bill Belichick having any interest in participating in a “Hard Knocks” chronicling the machinations of his North Carolina squad is compelling but hard to believe.
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Bill Belichick needs to nail recruiting in his new job as North Carolina football coach. "Hard Knocks" could have been a big help, but they passed.
Although the North Carolina Tar Heels football program will no longer be the subject of HBO's Hard Knocks this spring, that doesn't mean we won't be getting some sort of a look at Bill Belichick's inaugural season as head coach in Chapel Hill.
Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Bill Belichick and the North Carolina football program won’t participate in the offseason version of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” program after the deal fell through ...
The news, first reported by Front Office Sports ‘ Ryan Glasspiegel, comes as NFL Films had difficulty finding an NFL team to commit to “Hard Knocks” after last year’s Giants debacle, which highlighted the saga of losing Saquon Barkley to the Eagles.
After NFL owners declined to have their teams featured on “Hard Knocks: Offseason,” they are now upset with the decision to pivot to Bill Belichick.
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