Bobby Petrino is predicted to hitch Invoice Belichick’s workers and grow to be the subsequent offensive coordinator at North Carolina, a number of stories mentioned Monday.
The longtime faculty and NFL head coach will attempt to assist Belichick flip round a program that went 4-8 in its first season underneath the six-time Tremendous Bowl champion’s watch.
The veteran coaches have but to work collectively, as Petrino held quite a few faculty and NFL roles earlier than changing into the Louisville head coach in 2003-06.
After resigning from the Atlanta Falcons 13 video games into his lone season teaching them in 2007, Petrino served as the pinnacle coach at Arkansas (2008-11), Western Kentucky (2013), Louisville once more (2014-18) and Missouri State (2020-22). He had an unceremonious departure from Arkansas after a motorbike accident and an inappropriate relationship with an assistant.
That didn’t cease Arkansas from bringing him again as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach forward of the 2024 season. When the Razorbacks fired head coach Sam Pittman on Sept. 28, 2025, Petrino turned the interim coach and was thought-about a candidate for the full-time job.
Arkansas as an alternative employed away Ryan Silverfield from Memphis and didn’t retain Petrino, who misplaced all seven video games he coached this season.
Belichick fired his offensive and particular groups coordinators after the Tar Heels’ difficult season.
OC Freddie Kitchens — himself a former head coach for the Cleveland Browns — was dismissed after the Tar Heels averaged a mere 19.3 factors per recreation, rating 119th in FBS. North Carolina scored greater than 27 in a recreation solely as soon as.
–Discipline Stage Media
