What might we anticipate from Invoice Belichick’s North Carolina tenure?
How about free pizza?
In an surprising twist that has shortly change into the discuss of Chapel Hill, the NFL icon and new Tar Heels soccer coach is getting pizzas for not less than one North Carolina fraternity for the workforce’s rivalry basketball sport in opposition to Duke on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Recognized for his steely demeanor and no-nonsense method as the top coach of the Patriots, Belichick’s impromptu act of charity may take some folks off guard.
Nonetheless, hardly anybody will say no to free pizza.
The report, shared by 247 Sports activities’ Faculty Editor Ross Martin, outlines that Alec Kerr — North Carolina’s Director of Soccer Operations — confirmed Belichick’s plan relating to the pizzas.
“Our plan is to ship the pizzas on behalf of Coach Belichick to your own home,” Kerr wrote within the electronic mail to an unspecified fraternity.
Belichick hasn’t appeared to touch upon it publicly.
Whereas at Wesleyan College within the Seventies, Belichick was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity.
The Tar Heels basketball workforce is 13-9 on the season with a 6-4 file in ACC play.
They had been ranked as excessive as No. 1 on the season earlier than falling out of the rankings solely.
Heading into Saturday’s sport in opposition to Duke — the No. 2 workforce within the nation led by anticipated 2025 lottery draft decide Cooper Flagg — UNC has misplaced three of 4.
Duke is 18-2 and 10-0 in ACC play, using a 14-game profitable streak that dates again to to late November.