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The greatest living NFL coach won’t be the Bears’ next coach — or any other NFL team’s, either.
Six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick instead plans to coach North Carolina, per multiple reports Wednesday afternoon. It will be his first-ever foray into college football. The move, which would have seemed shocking just two weeks ago, might ensure that Don Shula remains atop the NFL’s all-time wins list. Belichick, who passed George Halas in 2022, needs just 15 more to pass the former Dolphins great.
Belichick, who turns 73 in April, was available and the Bears had an opening after firing head coach Matt Eberflus two weeks ago.