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North Carolina is finalizing a contract that will make Bill Belichick the Tar Heels' next head coach, but there remain "issues that both sides need to work through," according to ESPN's Pete Thamel and Chris Low.
Topics yet to be resolved include a job for Belichick's son, Stephen Belichick, as well as NIL funding, staff salary and North Carolina's "reporting structure," per Thamel and Low.
Despite these issues, there is "a growing sentiment within UNC the deal is close," per CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones.
According to Thamel and Low, sources said the ball is currently "in Belichick's court.