Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick hasn’t exactly gotten off to a stellar start to his new job at the helm of the North Carolina Tar Heels. In fact, Belichick’s 2025 Tar Heels are among the worst teams in program history through five games, per USA Today’s Rodd Baxley and Matthew Glenesk .

“It’s been nearly 137 years since UNC played its inaugural game against Wake Forest at the North Carolina State Fair,” Baxley and Glenesk wrote. “No team since the program’s inception has been worse than Belichick’s team through three Power Four games. The Tar Heels (2-3, 0-1 ACC) have lost each of their three games against P4 programs, outscored 120-33 in blowout defeats to TCU, UCF and Clemson. That 87-point margin in the first three games against P4 teams is the worst in program

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