When is Bill Belichick at ACC media days? Start time, TV channel for UNC news conference
There are a handful of storylines that are expected to define the ACC during the 2025 college football season.
Behind quarterback Cade Klubnik and coach Dabo Swinney’s belated willingness to bring in impactful transfers, will Clemson be able to repeat as conference champions? How will SMU follow up its stellar debut season in the league, which ended with a berth in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff? How will Florida State rebound from a disastrous 2-10 finish in 2024 — if it even can at all?
Perhaps nobody in the league will have more eyeballs on it this year than a program that has won at least 10 games once since its coach’s girlfriend was born.
When said program hires arguably the greatest coach in NFL history, though, the spotlight can intensify.
North Carolina sent shockwaves through the college football world last December when it hired Bill Belichick, who helped turn what had been a hapless New England Patriots franchise into a six-time Super Bowl champion.
For all of his accomplishments, the move comes with risks. Belichick has never coached in college. At 73, he’ll begin the season as the oldest coach in college football. And these were just the concerns that were present before Jordon Hudson, Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend, turned the cagey coach into a tabloid figure through her perpetual public-relations missteps.
On July 24, Belichick will make one of his first major public appearances as the Tar Heels’ coach when he speaks at ACC media days, about a month before North Carolina’s season opener against TCU.
Here’s what you need to know to watch Belichick at ACC media days:
What time is Bill Belichick at ACC media days?
- Date: Thursday, July 24
- Time: 2 p.m. ET
Belichick is scheduled to take the dais at ACC media days in Charlotte at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 24.
He’ll be appearing four hours after Boston College coach Bill O’Brien, who was his former offensive coordinator with the Patriots.
What channel are ACC media days on today?
- TV channel: ACC Network
- Streaming: ESPN app | ESPN+ | Fubo (free trial)
Belichick’s news conference at ACC media days, as well as all coach and player news conferences at the event, will air on the ACC Network.
Streaming options include the ESPN app, which requires a valid cable login to access; ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service; and Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
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Will Jordon Hudson be at ACC media days?
It’s unclear whether Belichick’s girlfriend, who he described in his memoir as his “creative muse,” will be joining him in Charlotte for ACC media days.
Since Hudson clumsily attempted to interfere with Belichick’s interview on CBS Sunday Morning interview in April, and after journalist Pablo Torre reported she had been banned from the North Carolina football facility, the university has publicly distanced itself from Hudson, noting that she’s not an employee of the school but rather the manager of Belichick’s “personal brand” (though it added she is welcome at the football facility).
At the very least, Belichick will be in Charlotte with four of his players — defensive backs Thaddeus Dixon and Will Hardy, quarterback Gio Lopez and wide receiver Jordan Shipp — all of whom will also be speaking with the assembled media.