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North Carolina football received more confirmation that Bill Belichick will stay with the university, according to Michael Lombardi.

Outside of the Lombardi family, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach has hired former Browns coach Freddie Kitchens (offensive coordinator), son Steve (defensive coordinator), former CFL coach Chris Jones (defensive assistant), Billy Miller (general position assistant) and Moses Cabrera (strength and conditioning).

On Wednesday, one day after the Raiders parted ways with Antonio Pierce following his first full season as the team’s head coach, NFL.com reported Tom Brady — now a minority owner of the Las Vegas franchise — had spoken “recently” with Belichick “about what it would take to make a reunion happen.”

A month into the Bill Belichick era at North Carolina, the football program's general manager is already having to ease worries about the pace at which

Some higher-ups in college football were reportedly worried about Belichick taking his time to fill out his staff at UNC.