Bill Belichick has been a football coach for 50 years, won six Super Bowls with the Patriots and recently shook the college football world by taking the job at North Carolina, but it wasn't until Monday that he posted on X (formerly Twitter) for first time. time.
The 72-year-old, who also launched an Instagram account in September, ingratiated himself to the Tar Heel faithful with his debut post on X.
'Beat Dook' my first words as a child are my first words in X! Go Heels!!' said Belichick, whose father, Steve, was an assistant on the UNC football team for two seasons.
Belichick ended the post by writing three hashtags: '#GoHeels,' '#ChapelBill,' and '#CarolinaFootball.'
The post, which was posted online at 1:18 pm, received 1.7k likes at the time of writing and has been viewed more than 240k on the platform.
“Yeah, you'll do fine here,” said one fan. saying along with laughing and crying emojis.
North Carolina's newly hired football coach made his first X spot on Monday
The former Patriots coach recently revealed that he has been using social media to recruit players for UNC.
'What a time to be alive,' said another. wrote.
“The (goat) has arrived,” added a third.
Belichick so far has 10.6k followers on the platform and follows 16 accounts, including ESPN's Adam Schefter and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson.
He also follows several members of his UNC staff, including general manager Michael Lombardi and running game coordinator and tight ends coach Freddie Kitchens.
As shared in the Pat McAfee Show on MondayBelichick is currently on tour in North Carolina recruiting high school players.
He was seen in the car with his son, Stephen, a former Patriots assistant and University of Washington defensive coordinator who is expected to fill that latter role at UNC. according to multiple reports.
Belichick is currently tracking two recruits at X: five-star Zavion Griffin-Haynes and three-star Gavin Waddell.
He previously revealed that he had been using his Instagram account to help him attract players to UNC.
“Yeah, definitely recruiting – it seems like a lot of guys are coming into the portal every day as the team's seasons wrap up with the bowl games and then the playoffs… a lot of people contact us and want to come to Carolina,” he said in the McAfee program. .
'My Instagram account has been busy. Reading this, I never thought I'd say that, but here I join the 21st century. So that’s been good.”