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Liam McKeone

ACC Commissioner Reportedly 'Nervous' About Bill Belichick's NFL Flight Risk

Bill Belichick | Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images

Bill Belichick has been the head coach of North Carolina football for merely a month and there are already rumors abound that he's poised to leap back to the NFL. One particular development (or, more appropriately, lack thereof) is reportedly making the university, as well as ACC commissioner Jim Phillips, nervous there's truth to those rumors.

On Monday, Mike Florio reported for Pro Football Talk that Belichick's slow hiring process for his staff is worrying the higher-ups at UNC and in the conference. To date, Belichick has only hired seven coaches for his staff despite having $10 million to work with.

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