Bill Belichick has gone on to do great things in the five decades since. He’s won eight Super Bowls, including six as a head coach for the New England Patriots. He helped turn a sixth round draft pick into the greatest player in NFL history. But if the Tar Heels offer him a head coaching job, he’ll be stepping into unfamiliar territory.

Bill Belichick and the University of North Carolina agreed in principle to a five-year contract that will make him the next head football coach of the Tar Heels, sources told Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde,

As NFL executives and team owners convened in the Dallas area this week, an undercurrent permeated league meetings. Was six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick really going to accept a job offer from the University of North Carolina?