Bill Belichick Looking To Land IMG National's Billy Miller On UNC Coaching Staff: Report

According to a report, the 6-time Super Bowl champion head coach is eyeing Miller to join the Tar Heels' coaching staff

IMG Academy at Ben Davis Indiana football 9-8-23 / Tyler Hart

When Bill Belichick visited IMG Academy's practice ahead of their game against national power Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) in Atlantic City, it was a sign that the 6-time Super Bowl champion head coach has a strong relationship with the Bradenton instituion.

Now, he may be adding the program's head coach to his own coaching staff at North Carolina.

According to a report by CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz, Belichick has targeted IMG Academy national head coach Billy Miller for a spot on the Tar Heels' coaching staff for the upcoming 2025 season. The Ascenders are coming off a 7-2 season as an independent.

Miller has been at IMG Academy since 2014, with the Ascenders only losing seven games during that stretch. This past 2024 season, IMG Academy lost two games to Corner Canyon (Utah) and St. Frances Academy (Maryland), equaling the most losses by the Ascenders' national team since 2013.

It wouldn't be the first time Belichick has tried to hire Miller, as the current IMG coach was in the NFL before with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the legendary New England Patriots' lead man tried to lure him to Foxborough to coach special teams. Miller was offered the head coaching job at IMG Academy, which nixed him coaching for Belichick the first time around.

This time, it could be the real deal if Belichick has it his way.

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