Bill Belichick addresses report of UNC players amassing dozens of traffic violations under his leadership

North Carolina shot caput manager Bill Belichick addressed a study that claimed his players person amassed a ample fig of postulation violations since helium took implicit arsenic caput coach. 

While speaking to reporters connected Wednesday, Belichick answered a question astir a study by WRAL News, that his players person accumulated 31 speeding charges and 10 reckless driving counts dating backmost to past October, with 20% of the team's 101 players getting a citation. 

North Carolina caput manager Bill Belichick walks disconnected the tract aft an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Syracuse. The crippled took spot successful Syracuse, New York, connected Oct. 31, 2025. (Adrian Kraus/AP Photo)

"Our behaviour extracurricular of the building, extracurricular of the program, is important to us, and we accent that," Belichick said. "We’ve addressed aggregate things, not conscionable that. There are different things that spell on, too driving, that we’ve talked about, absolutely."

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When asked if it has been discussed successful squad meetings oregon one-on-one with players, Belichick said, "all of the above."

"Multiple different radical person talked astir it arsenic good to the squad that aren’t members of the team," helium added. "We’ve addressed it." 

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WRAL besides reported, for comparison, that North Carolina State's 124-player shot roster recorded lone 10 speeding citations and 2 reckless driving charges, portion Duke's shot squad saw conscionable 2 players charged with speeding.

A 2nd reappraisal by the Raleigh-based paper The News & Observer recovered that 19 existent UNC players person been cited for postulation violations since past year, for charges including speeding, tinted windows oregon failing to halt astatine a halt sign. 

North Carolina caput manager Bill Belichick directs his squad during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Charlotte successful Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.  (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

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Belichick's archetypal play starring UNC has been disappointing to fans who expected a speedy turnaround to ACC title contention. At 4-6, Belichick's Tar Heels are connected the brink of elimination from vessel eligibility arsenic they hole to look Duke connected Saturday. 

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