The North Carolina Tar Heels have hired former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl winner, as their head coach, the school announced Wednesday. The contract is for five years, pending approval by the University’s Board of Trustees and Board of Governors. Belichick, 72, coached the Patriots from 2000 to 2023. He won Super Bowls after the 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 and 2018 seasons before he and New England mutually parted ways in January. Belichick is second on the NFL’s all-time coaching wins list, with 333. He also won two Super Bowls as the New…
Author: Zoe Hamilton
Emma Hayes is on a mission to reinvigorate women’s professional soccer in the United States. Hayes was hired as head coach of the U.S. women’s national team in June after a disappointing few years for the squad as it dealt with an aging lineup, coaching instability, and increased global competition. Less than a year in, she has led the U.S. team to an Olympic gold medal and won the 2024 Ballon d’Or as women’s soccer coach of the year — putting the world on high alert that women’s soccer in the United States is back. Nearly eight months after the U.S. defeated…
The New England Patriots have hired former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel as their head coach, the team announced Sunday. Vrabel, 49, went 54-45 in six seasons as the Titans’ coach, plus a 2-3 record in the playoffs. He is also a former player for the Patriots, playing linebacker for the team from 2001-2008, winning three Super Bowls. Vrabel was hired to replace Jerod Mayo, another former New England linebacker, who was fired after only one season with the team. Mayo went 4-13 in his lone year at the helm. During the 2024 season, Vrabel was a coaching consultant…
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is one of the highest-paid coaches in NFL history. He also still drives a nearly century-old car that he says his dad bought for $25 after World War II. The car is a 1928 Model A, Ford’s follow-up to the iconic Model T. Reid fully restored the classic car after inheriting it from his father, who died in 1992, and still occasionally takes it out for a spin, Reid, 66, certainly doesn’t drive the Model A daily and can probably afford a whole fleet of new cars. He’s one of pro football’s winningest head…
Houston Cougars men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson isn’t one to shy away from an argument. Sampson, 69, has helmed the University of Houston men’s basketball program since 2014, leading the team to six Sweet Sixteen berths, three Elite Eight appearances, and two Final Four placements at the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament — heights unseen for Houston since the early 1980s. The Cougars will play the Florida Gators on Monday night for the chance to win their first basketball national championship in school history. Sampson built his team’s culture of winning around four leadership tenets, he said in a lecture in…