After visiting the Tar Heels in early September, Rolesville High School (N.C.) junior edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes committed to then-UNC football head coach Mack Brown. But soon after the program parted ways with the 73-year-old in late November, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound four-star backed out his pledge.

Bill Belichick's first month with UNC football has been eventful. Here's a look at the coaching staff so far and the roster additions entering 2025.

On Wednesday, one day after the Raiders parted ways with Antonio Pierce following his first full season as the team’s head coach, NFL.com reported Tom Brady — now a minority owner of the Las Vegas franchise — had spoken “recently” with Belichick “about what it would take to make a reunion happen.”

Bill Belichick has a simple way out of the North Carolina contract as NFL teams reach out about a potential return to coaching.

While it looked like Bill Belichick made a preemptive move to pass on the 2025 HC carousel, teams are interested in seeing if he would hop back on for what would be a second straight year. Belichick took the North Carolina top job last month, but he is now being connected to NFL vacancies once again.

Bill Belichick's plans have been revealed by an NFL insider amid buzz he could leave UNC to coach the Raiders or another team.

Meanwhile, the first UNC football transfer collection under Bill Belichick's command contains 12 additions, highlighted by one four-star prospect in former Washington linebacker Khmori House. The Tar Heel haul checks in at No. 33 in the country, per 247Sports, and No. 4 in the ACC.

Former UConn football defensive lineman Pryce Yates signed with North Carolina, now led by former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.