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Tim Capurso

Mic’d-Up Bill Belichick at UNC Practice Found Brilliant Way to Help Defensive Backs

Belichick mic'd up during a North Carolina football practice. | Screengrab Twitter @accnetwork

North Carolina Tar Heels coach Bill Belichick brings a wealth of experience—nearly five decades of coaching football—to Chapel Hill. And 'Chapel Bill' was in rare form during a recent Tar Heels spring practice, which featured the eight-time Super Bowl champion mic'd up.

This time, Belichick found a brilliant way to help prevent Tar Heels defensive backs from holding. As seen in the beginning of the video, he stops practice before telling someone off-camera: "We gotta get the gloves on these guys. There's holding on every play—usually twice!"

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