UNC, Bill Belichick to be featured on Hulu
The North Carolina Tar Heels will officially begin the Bill Belichick era this fall as they prepare for their first season under the legendary coach. And now fans will get an inside look at Belichick and the program.
With the news of a 'Hard Knocks' spinoff being shelved earlier in the spring, Friday brought some positive news on that front but in a different format. Front Office Sports is reporting that Belichick and the Tar Heels will be the subject of a new docuseries coming to Hulu sometime in 2025.
The series will focus on Belichick's life as well as the Tar Heels' program who ushers in a new era with the addition of Belichick as head coach.
Belichick and the program recently turned down the opportunity to be on "Hard Knocks" as the first ever college version of the show. He cited that the show was made for training camp while ono the Pivot Podcast with Ryan Clark per On3.
'Hard Knocks is training camp, and we're not training camp. We're just not,' Belichick said. 'That's not what we are. The drama of training camp, who's a cut and all that. Like, we're a season, and they don't want that. Yeah, there are film issues too, but forget about the film issues. Just say you could straighten all those out, Hard Knocks just didn't fit for us.'
There is no official release date or name for the docuseries at the moment.
UNC will kick off its season on September 1st as they host TCU in primetime.
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