Bill Belichick is less than a week in to his new job as head football coach at the University of North Carolina but he's already off and running, landing his first player from the transfer portal on Monday.
In classic Belichick fashion, that player happened to be a center from Holy Cross, Christo Kelly.
Belichick said on the Pat McAfee Show on Monday that agents and players have been reaching out looking to join the program, so there could be many more of these additions coming before the current portal closes on Dec. 28.
Here's a photo of Belichick watching Kelly sign the paperwork to become a member of the Tar Heels.
NEW: Bill Belichick & North Carolina have landed their first commit out of the Transfer Portal in Holy Cross center Christo Kelly🐏https://t.co/3CiEl0ErVv pic.twitter.com/c3CiBj0So8
— On3 (@On3sports) December 16, 2024
Fans had lots of reactions to that:
This is the Belichick equivalent of Brian Kelly chillin' with recruits on that spinny-thingy. https://t.co/QaGcbHiowb
— Matthew Postins (@PostinsPostcard) December 16, 2024
Looks like some dude just hanging out in front of Kohl’s waiting for his wife https://t.co/fSIiAUn4oU pic.twitter.com/WDJ9Xa9Y1e
— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) December 17, 2024
“Just sign the paper, would ya?” https://t.co/SH3gebgNhC pic.twitter.com/vOFqnPPJiH
— BarnBurner Sports (@BB__Sports) December 17, 2024
This is already so funny https://t.co/VNdIj9WuZq
— Trilly Wonka (@itstrillywonka) December 17, 2024
https://t.co/Vr83rhCZMV pic.twitter.com/laALsxPuXu
— Mike Zakarian (@MikeZakarian) December 17, 2024
Somehow this picture perfectly embodies my expectations for Bill Belichick the CFB head coach https://t.co/ly05akyPvk
— AggiesMuse (@aggiesmuse) December 17, 2024
Ole Bill better start monitoring Snapface and Instachat if he wants to get many more of these portal signings. https://t.co/YAqHKnkV4n
— Damon Del Rosario (@DamoKnowsSports) December 17, 2024
Just a chill guy https://t.co/VXnN2QDOP9 pic.twitter.com/bMHncT2RGQ
— Luca (@lucaCFB03) December 16, 2024
A center from Holy Cross as Bill’s 1st commit checks out https://t.co/p2uxCe7SYI
— CreekWater (@Hadyn_Ross) December 17, 2024
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Photo of Bill Belichick Watching UNC Transfer Portal Player Sign Papers Leads to Jokes.
