No matter what anyone's opinion is of **[Bill Belichick](https://247sports.com/Coach/bill-belichick-3330/)** or why he's North Carolina's football coach, an absolute stands tall as the opener is here: This is one of the greatest opportunities in program history. Period.
The $10 million Carolina is paying him has returned ten-fold in the swell of national publicity the school has received, most of which has ranged from curiosity to very positive. And it might just be beginning.
The stage for the Tar Heels' game versus Texas Christian would have been a Saturday afternoon and overshadowed under any other coach UNC, but not Belichick.