{"id":297185,"date":"2025-08-18T05:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/297185\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T05:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:05:10","slug":"report-bill-belichick-breaking-tradition-at-unc-by-skipping-longstanding-media-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/297185\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bill Belichick breaking tradition at UNC by skipping longstanding media commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/topic\/bill-belichick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bill Belichick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bill Belichick<\/a> spent 2024 doing a slew of media appearances between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/2024\/08\/bill-belichick-continues-to-add-media-gigs-will-host-show-with-longtime-nfl-rival.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hosting podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">hosting podcasts<\/a>, doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/cbs-disputes-bill-belichick-statement-225108175.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:media tour for his book;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">media tour for his book<\/a>, \u201cThe Art of Winning\u201d and doing weekly appearances on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d and the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/peyton-manning-reveals-status-bill-000258677.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:ManningCast.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">ManningCast.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UNC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UNC<\/a> coach will be bringing \u201cThe Patriot Way\u201d to the Tar Heels in more ways than just showing his new team old him of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New England Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New England Patriots<\/a> to prepare for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/bill-belichick-wont-appear-weekly-uncs-coachs-radio-show-2025-08-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:According to Reuters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">According to Reuters<\/a>, Belichick won\u2019t make weekly appearances on \u201cCarolina Football Live\u201d (formerly \u201cMack Brown Live\u201d) \u2014 the school\u2019s weekly coach\u2019s radio show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/bill-belichick-stresses-importance-building-210733634.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Belichick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">Belichick<\/a> will appear on the first episode that\u2019s set to air on Aug. 27, but won\u2019t make regularly scheduled appearances. UNC general manager and Belichick\u2019s good friend, Michael Lombardi, will headline the show each week. He\u2019ll also be joined by assistant coaches and players, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/bill-belichick-wont-appear-weekly-uncs-coachs-radio-show-2025-08-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per Reuters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">per Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Many college football coaches have a contractual obligation to appear on their school\u2019s weekly radio shows. But not Belichick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">His contract stipulates only that he make appearances \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/bill-belichick-wont-appear-weekly-uncs-coachs-radio-show-2025-08-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:as reasonably requested by the University.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">as reasonably requested by the University.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 2025 season will be <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/bill-belichick-stresses-importance-building-210733634.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Belichick\u2019s first;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">Belichick\u2019s first<\/a> as a college coach. During his 24-year run in New England, Belichick seldom did media appearances outside of his postgame interviews, weekly radio hits and halftime interviews from the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">During his 24-year run as coach of the Patriots, Belichick seldom did media appearances outside of his obligations, including a weekly interview on WEEI.<\/p>\n<p>More Patriots Content<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/2025\/08\/bill-belichick-breaking-longstanding-tradition-at-unc-by-opting-out-of-media-commitment-report.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MassLive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MassLive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick spent 2024 doing a slew of media appearances between hosting podcasts, doing a media tour for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[3851,7,56638,56639,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,6493],"class_list":{"0":"post-297185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-bill-belichick","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-media-appearances","11":"tag-media-tour","12":"tag-new-england","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots","18":"tag-tar-heels"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115048030454631564","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}