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Several new college football coaches, including Jason Eck at New Mexico and Jerry Mack at Kennesaw State, had highly successful debut seasons in 2025.

Other coaches, like Dan Mullen at UNLV and Jake Dickert at Wake Forest, also exceeded expectations and led their teams to strong records.

Bill Belichick's first season at North Carolina was a notable disappointment, with the team finishing 4-8 after six consecutive bowl appearances.

Most coaching tenures in the Bowl Subdivision can’t be fully assessed until two or three seasons down the road, when a coach has been able to fully install his system with his roster.

But first impressions matter, too, and a hot start — or a bad one — can come to define a coach’s tenure.

Bill Belichick hopes that’s not the case at North

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