Many assumed legendary NFL head coach Bill Belichick would be on the sidelines again, but few envisioned him taking the North Carolina football coaching job. That's what unfolded on Wednesday when the six-time Super Bowl winner was announced as the head coach for the Tar Heels,

Michael Lombardi, Belichick’s newly appointed general manager at UNC, was with Belichick as a front office executive in both Cleveland and New England.

There was a hold-up that was tough for Blank and company to get past. Belichick wanted to lead the football operations department the way he did for so many years in New England, one of the perks of building a dynasty and becoming the most decorated NFL coach of all time thanks to the six Lombardi Trophies that now reside in Foxboro.