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The University of North Carolina may well have plunged itself into chaos in order to hire Bill Belichick as its new head football coach. But ultimately, the Tar Heels got their man and, in turn, a complete revamp of an otherwise floundering program. But it didn’t come cheap.
Local news station WRAL revealed the salaries for Belichick and each of his assistants, including off-field staff such as general manager Michael Lombardi. In total, North Carolina is set to spend $20 million a year on Belichick and company, with $10 million of that going to the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach himself.
Bill Belichick’s Full North Carolina Coach Staff And Salaries Revealed
In addition to the cost, the size of Belichick’s “senior” football staff is staggering. The New England Patriots legend promised to run the Tar Heels program more like an NFL team, and he wasn’t kidding. In total, there are 18 members of the senior football staff. Those members and their salaries are as follows:
Bill Belichick: Head Coach, $10 million
Michael Lombardi: General Manager, $1.5 million
Steve Belichick: Defensive Coordinator, $1.3 million
Freddie Kitchens: Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends, $1.15 million
Will Friend: Offensive Line, $750,000
Moses Cabrera: Strength & Conditioning, $700,000
Matt Lombardi: Quarterbacks, $600,000
Bob Diaco: Defensive Line, $575,000
Garrick McGee: Wide Receivers, $525,000
Brian Belichick: Safeties, $500,000
Mike Priefer: Special Teams Coordinator, $400,000
Natrone Means: Running Backs, $357,000
Armond Hawkins: Cornerbacksl $275,000
Billy Miller: Special Teams Assistant, $190,000
Jamie Collins: Inside Linebackers, $150,000
Ty Nichols: Outside Linebackers, $125,000
Andrew Blaylock: Assistant Direction Player Personnel, $125,000
Caleb Pickrell: Offensive Assistant, $90,000
“If I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability to play in the NFL,” Belichick told the Pat McAfee Show prior to taking the North Carolina job. “It would be a professional program: training, nutrition, scheme, coaching and techniques that would transfer to the NFL … It would be an NFL program, but not at the NFL level.”
Only time will tell whether Belichick finds success at UNC. But it’s clear he has a strong vision for how he believes the program should run. And it seems the North Carolina athletic department is all-in behind him