Bill Belichick Explains His Message on What Football Is

The North Carolina Tar Heels are continuing to march on forward each day during fall camp in preparation for its first game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Kenan Stadium.

Before the 8:00 p.m. kickoff on Labor Day, fans will get to experience the addition of Chapel Thrill Game Day, which will include plenty of ways to tailgate, have fun, and there will be a live concert as well. These activities will take place before all six home games. It's just another thing that has come with "The Belichick Effect."

Through three media availabilities of Head Coach Bill Belichick speaking to the media and providing some access to view practice, the only sights have been the team stretching and going through drills based on position group (for example, the offensive line did drills using the sled). However, it makes sense why very little is able to seen. The 73-year-old may not want to show too much, for whatever the reason is.

Interestingly enough, through the use of social media, the Tar Heels' head coach had a microphone attached to him while running practice — catching his message and words of strategy to make sure he gets his players in the best position possible.

Bill Belichick's Message on Football

The official Carolina Football account on X (formerly Twitter) shared a "mic'd up" video of the eight-time Super Bowl in practice leading the Tar Heels, weeks away from the first game against TCU on Monday Night Football.

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— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) August 15, 2025

"This is the football conditioning we need," said Belichick at the end of the video clip. "We can run back and forth across the field all day fellas. That's great, alright. But football conditioning is football conditioning and it's playing with pad level. It's hearing the call. It's making adjustments. It's communicating with your teammates. It's identifying what's going on the other side of the ball so that you can anticipate what's going to happen. That's what football is."

Tar Heel fans all of ages are gearing up for maybe one of the better seasons up to date, or maybe, a season that did not quite meet expectations held by the North Carolina faithful. Coach Belichick has altered the course of the university in multiple ways since his hiring last December, but his past work speaks for itself.

From the New England Patriots to North Carolina, the 73-year-old will get to continue being a part of the sport he loves.

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