Bill Belichick, the new head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels football team , is wasting no time putting his stamp on the program. Belichick and his staff have already added 15 new transfers while successfully retaining some players who were on the verge of entering the portal.
While navigating the transfer portal is one thing, recruiting high school prospects is an entirely different challenge. Many wondered how Belichick, a multiple-time Super Bowl-winning coach with no prior college coaching experience, would handle this aspect of the game. It appears he’s adjusting well and already making waves.
On Monday, Belichick made his first recruiting visit, meeting with four-star edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes at his high school.
Griffin-Haynes, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound prospect from Rolesville, North Carolina, is ranked as the No. 161 national prospect in the Class of 2026, the No. 12 edge rusher, and the No. 9 prospect in North Carolina, according to 247Sports Composite rankings . Griffin-Haynes had decommitted from UNC on Nov. 26, the same day former head coach Mack Brown was fired.