Mike Tomlin and Arthur Smith are thrilled for Bill Belichick to land the head coaching gig for the North Carolina Tar Heels. The biggest coaching hire in recent memory, Belichick is returning to football but not the NFL. For the first time in his 50-year career, he’s headed to college, officially named Wednesday evening the Tar Heels next head coach. Reacting to the news like everyone else, Tomlin and Smith endorsed the move.
“I think it is awesome,” Tomlin said on the Pat McAfee Show Thursday. “I had a couple of sons that played college football.