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North Carolina Welcomed Bill Belichick With Perfect ‘Family Guy’ Hype Video
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North Carolina’s welcome video for newly hired head coach Bill Belichick tried its best to bridge the generational gap.
Belichick, who joins the Tar Heels after 24 years as head coach of the New England Patriots, decided to give North Carolina the ol’ college try and enters a very different coaching world shaped by recruiting and NIL money. In honor of Belichick’s hiring, the Tar Heels' social team got creative with their introductory hype video for the venerated ex-NFL coach.
The video plays off of the viral TikTok trend in which old Family Guy clips are spliced to show highlight reels of NFL stars, with the most prominent examples featuring O.J. Simpson and Calvin Johnson.
Take a look:
Chapel Bill 😎 pic.twitter.com/Z61LnVYGKe
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) December 12, 2024
Fans loved the Family Guy-inspired video edit for one of football’s most legendary coaches:
Family Guy intro fancam edit is all the rage on TikTok right now (really) https://t.co/TfTGbbU9cb
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) December 12, 2024
Probably one of the best and most timely uses of a trend I’ve ever seen by a cfb social team account. https://t.co/OIU28f35Ua
— Robert Trombley (@RTrombley_Miz) December 12, 2024
THEY DID THE TWEET https://t.co/QWblbxu6Ng
— Katie Pondiscio (@kpondiscio) December 12, 2024
First thought was “this will not work”, after reconsidering I am all the way in. LFG Chapel Bill and Co. https://t.co/wLMBtrxpeH
— Mitt (@PMIMitt) December 12, 2024
this goes insanely hard omg https://t.co/6fnN99fLo6
— brandie (@brandieeemac) December 12, 2024
Oh ok, ACC champs in 2026 loading https://t.co/GnQuYC4cXW
— Dante Brye (@TaeBrye) December 12, 2024
400 pages of demands and none of them prohibited the making of a Family Guy hype video? https://t.co/GRynXucy2K
— Shawn Krest (@ShawnKrest) December 12, 2024
How Belichick’s gonna look trying to connect with college kids pic.twitter.com/gVbAFvXWOY https://t.co/AORN6UeR6B
— Barstool TCU (@BarstoolTCU) December 12, 2024
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Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020 and has a bachelor’s in English and linguistics from Columbia University. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. She is a lifelong Liverpool fan who enjoys solving crossword puzzles and hanging out at her neighborhood dive bar in NYC.