Michael Jordan and Lawrence Taylor lead the star-studded line-up of attendees for Bill Belichick’s first game at UNC on Sunday night.
The eight-time Super Bowl winner finally begins life in the college football ranks as his North Carolina team take on the TCU Horned Frogs.
And it appears that Belichick’s debut has drawn several big names in the stands to watch the Tar Heels with NBA icon Jordan, a passionate UNC fan, among them.
Jordan, 62, is still a passionate UNC sports fan and he will no doubt be relishing the prospect of having someone with Belichick’s pedigree in charge of the school’s football team.
Taylor, meanwhile, attended North Carolina from 1977 to 1980 and became one of the most dominant defensive players in program history.
Taylor also played for Belichick while the latter was the defensive coordinator with the New York Giants under head coach Bill Parcells.
Michael Jordan and Lawrence Taylor were attendees for Bill Belichick’s first game at UNC
The eight-time Super Bowl winner will finally begin life in college football against TCU
Along with golfer Bryson DeChambeau and WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Taylor was recently named to President Donald Trump’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.
The 66-year-old Taylor also stumped for Trump on the campaign trail despite his continued status as a registered sex offender since pleading guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a 16-year-old prostitute in 2010.
Belichick, meanwhile, will be happy to be returning to the sideline after his relationship with girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, came under enormous scrutiny during the offseason.
Hudson and Belichick were at the center of a storm earlier this year when, from off camera, she repeatedly interrupted the coach’s CBS interview when asked about how the couple met.
It sparked a huge debate over whether Hudson had bad intentions while being so close to Belichick.
His friend, the NBA great Charles Barkley, publicly said he would stage an intervention while Belichick’s former Patriots player Ted Johnson, who played five seasons under Belichick in New England, questioned his sanity.
‘To me, those are bad decisions that makes him and the university look really bad and question whether or not he is of sound mind and should be running a football team at the University of North Carolina,’ Johnson said of his old coach.
‘I think it’s something you have to really, really consider.’
But last weekend, a source close to the couple told Daily Mail that they are relishing getting back to business once the college football season begins.
Both Jordan and Taylor attended North Carolina and left a lasting legacy in their sports
Belichick and girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, have faced enormous scrutiny this offseason
The couple have endured a tumultuous offseason but remain defiant in the face of scrutiny
‘Bill and Jordon are enjoying the next couple weeks together before he has to go full force into the upcoming season and focus all of his attention on that,’ the source explained.
‘Their time to hang out and go out to eat or go to any events together is not going to happen for a few months, because Bill is going into war. It is very important to Bill to make this work at UNC, and if they do well or very bad, it is all based on his preparation for the season.
‘Sure, Jordon will be at the games, but they are making sure that they will not be seen gallivanting around while the season goes on because Bill doesn’t want it to look like Jordon is a distraction.’
The source continued: ‘ Bill is not worried one bit about his relationship with Jordon as the season starts to come to fruition.
‘They have each other’s back and if this all goes well or off the rails, he’s confident that she will be there for him the entire way. He has zero worry about her as he considers her a rock and a constant in his life that isn’t going to go away.’
