Overview
- UNC announced Thursday that its independent investigation is complete and that defensive coordinator Steve Belichick will resign effective October 27 at the end of his current medical leave.
- The university statement said investigators found certain actions that showed a disregard for Carolina’s values but described those actions as isolated rather than evidence of a systemic failure.
- General manager Michael Lombardi previously resigned on September 3 after the same probe began, and freshman receiver Keeyun Chapman has been suspended indefinitely following a recent traffic-stop incident that resulted in a gun charge.
- On the field the program plans to maintain continuity: Brian Belichick and the existing defensive staff have been calling plays while Steve has been on leave and are expected to continue doing so.
- The departures and the unresolved public allegations have raised reputational and contractual questions for the program and for head coach Bill Belichick that could draw further oversight or review even though the university says the matter is resolved.