Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm attending Bill Belichick's UNC debut

There couldn’t be more hype around Bill Belichick’s UNC debut on Monday.

Outside of the expectations around the head coach in his first football game since coaching the Patriots for 23 years and winning six Super Bowls as one of the most decorated coaches in the sport’s history, he will be putting on a show in front of elite company at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

Those expected to attend the Tar Heels’ season opener against TCU in Chapel Hill include Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Lawrence Taylor, Julius Peppers, Eric Church, Chase Rice, and Blake Snell, according to ESPN.

3 Michael Jordan speaks to the crowd at halftime during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at the Dean Smith Center on March 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Getty Images

3 Mia Hamm waves as the 1999 United States FIFA Women’s World Cup Team are honored before the game between the United States and Mexico in an international friendly at Red Bull Arena on July 13, 2024. Getty Images

Jordan, Hamm, Taylor, and Peppers all played collegiately in their respective sports for the Tar Heels.

Country singer Rice also attended UNC while Church, who is an Appalachian State alumnus, is a North Carolina native.

Belichick, 73, is taking over the program his father once coached at after a season in the media following his split with the Patriots.

3 North Carolina coach Bill Belichick arrives for an NCAA college football press conference, March 5, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. AP

He will look to turn it around for the university most known for its basketball program. The Tar Heels have won double-digit games just once, in 2015, since 1997. They last won the ACC in 1980.

Last season, the team went 6-7 overall and 3-5 in conference.

Belichick’s girlfriend, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson, is also a highly anticipated guest for the Sunday night game.

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