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By Andrew McCarty
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The North Carolina football program has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this offseason.
Just last month general manager Michael Lombardi was placed on leave following an investigation into the college football program. Now Steve Belichick, the son of Bill Belichick, will be away from the team after being placed on medical leave, according to his father.
As of Thursday morning it's unclear if Belichick will return before the team's season-opener against Texas Christian University on Aug. 29.
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"UNC coach Bill Belichick announces that defensive coordinator Steve Belichick is on medical leave. I asked if he'd be back for the season opener, and Bill Belichick said only that he'd be back 'as soon as possible,'" North Carolina reporter Brian Murphy revealed on Thursday morning.
North Carolina enters the 2026 season in desperate need of a bounce-back campaign following a disastrous 2025 season in which the team entered with high expectations following the hiring of the longtime NFL coach. Instead, the team finished with a 4-8 record with two wins coming against non-Power 5 opponents en route to missing a bowl game.
The Tar Heels will face two stiff tests early in the season when the team squares off against Clemson and Notre Dame in the end of September and early October.
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