North Carolina general manager Michael Lombardi, who was new Tar Heels head football coach Bill Belichick‘s first official staff addition, is embracing the “professional” side of college football. Specifically,

North Carolina GM Michael Lombardi laid out what the next head coach of the Cowboys needs to do with team owner Jerry Jones.

A day after a wild report emerged connecting newly-appointed University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick with a potential shock move back to the NFL ranks, one of his top confidants categorically dismissed it.

The general manager of the North Carolina Tar Heels has defiantly claimed Bill Belichick will not abandon college football for an immediate return to the NFL, after the 72-year-old

The girlfriend of North Carolina Tar Heels coach Bill Belichick poured cold water on the rumors he was going to jump back into the professional ranks.

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

But to combat the rumors, UNC general manager Michael Lombardi appeared on "The Pat ... "And I think to understand the North Carolina system—it is a state institution—it takes awhile to ...

Michael Lombardi, Belichick's general manager at UNC, quickly shut down the rumors. "Bill is recruiting in DC today and Baltimore tomorrow," Lombardi said on X. "His focus is on North Carolina ...

"Coach Belichick is 1,000% committed," Lombardi said Thursday, via The Pat McAfee Show. "NFL insiders have to put stories out there. That one was a complete falsehood. When that story came out, Coach Belichick was recruiting South Jersey.

Bill Belichick turned heads in December when he suddenly decided to take over as the coach of North Carolina's football team.

Taking an NFL job is "not an option" this offseason for new North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick, Tar Heels general manager Michael Lombardi said Thursday in attempting to quash rumors.

The heat is apparently getting to Belichick, because on Thursday two people from his inner circle released statements affirming his commitment to the Tar Heels. Those two people are, of course, his general manager Michael Lombardi and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson.