CJ Bailey on UNC reportedly hiring Bill Belichick: 'We're going to kill them'

With reports surfacing that UNC is finalizing a contract with Bill Belichick, NC State QB CJ Bailey basically brushed it off.

He’d be excited to play against Belichick in 2025. But just because a legend is across the field on the other sideline, doesn’t mean Bailey will be intimidated.

In fact, he made a bold proclamation.

“I seen that,” Bailey said. “Shoot, Bill Belichick will get it too. We’re going five years (in a row). No matter who the coach is for UNC, we’re going to kick them … It means a lot that I could play against Bill Belichick. But if he comes to play, we’re going to kill them. We’re going to kill them.”

Despite being perhaps the most-accomplished NFL coach of all time, this will be Belichick’s first time coaching at the collegiate level. He began his coaching experience in 1975 as a special assistant for the Baltimore Colts.

He continued to work his way up the NFL coaching ladder until he received his first head coaching gig with the Cleveland Browns in 1991. He coached the Browns for four years before eventually landing with the New England Patriots, where he built his legacy.

As the head coach of the Patriots from 2000-23, Belichick won six Super Bowls, the most ever for an NFL head coach. Belichick also has the most playoff wins (31) of any head coach in NFL history and the third-most regular season wins of all time (302).

For his excellence, he has been named the NFL Coach of the Year three times and is a member of the NFL’s 2000s and 2010s All-Decade teams. Now, Belichick will look to bring his experience to North Carolina.

Belichick has history with the Tar Heels. His father, Steve Belichick, coached the team’s backfield from 1953-55. He then took a job at Navy, where he coached for 33 years. Nonetheless, Bill Belichick hasn’t forgotten his family’s connection to Chapel Hill.