Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl winner, said he became further intrigued with college football this year while spending considerable time inside a major program. He worked with coach Jedd Fisch at Washington, where his 37-year-old son Steve Belichick, a former Patriots assistant coach, is also the defensive coordinator.

If I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability to play in the NFL,” Belichick said. “It would be a professional program with training,

Talks between North Carolina and Bill Belichick for the school's open coaching job remain ongoing, according to sources.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is working on a deal to make six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick its next head football coach, according to multiple sources. Before anything becomes official,