Bill Belichick isnt guaranteed success going from NFL to college as history indicates

Bill Belichick’s hiring at North Carolina isn’t the first time an ex-NFL coach has gone back to school to coach, but the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach comes with a unique caveat. Belichick will take over at UNC without any coaching experience whatsoever at the college level. The entirety of the 72-year-old coaching resume is the NFL, which started in 1975 as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts, so his tenure in Chapel Hill will represent a big change of pace.It’s not new ground overall in football, though, as several coaches before him have been head coaches in the NFL before taking their first college head coaching job.Here’s a look at how some of them fared.Edwards’ first head coaching job came with the Jets, as led Gang Green from 2001-05 and then the Chiefs from 2006-08.After a rather lengthy gap, Edwards returned to coaching in 2018 when he took over the football program at Arizona State. His promises of a “restructured ASU football model” that was styled after the NFL came with modest results and Edwards went 26-20 during his time at Arizona State, though he had to vacate eight wins over recruiting violations, leaving him with an official 18-20 record.He was eventually shown the door during the 2022 season after ASU started 1-2, with an exodus of players and staff leaving the program. Perhaps one of the biggest names to be included on this list, Carroll is the gold standard, having successful runs in the NFL and in college football.

Another ex-Jet coach, Carroll got his first head coaching gig with the Jets (1994) and then led the Patriots from 1997-99 before taking over USC in 2001. Carroll helped lead USC back to prominence, winning consecutive national championships in 2003 and 2004.He was able to leave before the NCAA handed down sanctions — including bowl bans and scholarship losses — against the USC football program for rules violations and returned to the NFL to coach Seattle in 2010, winning a Super Bowl three year...