North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick has named Gio Lopez the Tar Heels' starting quarterback for the 2025 season, the team announced. Lopez beat out Max Johnson for the job, and will now become the first starter in the Belichick era at UNC.
"Gio's made a ton of progress," Belichick told reporters on Wednesday. "We've evaluated things through training camp. As now we get ready for TCU, he'll be our starting quarterback. We'll give him the majority of the reps in practice and make sure that we get him as much preparation as possible."
