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#UNC coach Bill Belichick press conference after loss at Clemson
Sep 19, 2026
#UNC coach Bill Belichick press conference after loss at Clemson
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Coach.
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>> Um, yeah, obviously at this point again,
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um, you know, proud of the way our
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players competed and
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and uh, you know, Clemson's a good
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football team.
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You know, in the end, uh, you know, they
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made few more plays than we did.
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In the last 8 minutes of the game, uh,
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we missed a couple opportunities on
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offense and and missed some tackles on
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defense, had a couple long runs that,
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uh,
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obviously hurt us, so.
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Um.
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You know, disappointing again, um.
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But we just got to keep working and and
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uh, you know, keep getting better, which
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we are, so.
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You know, that's really not too much to
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say. Give Clemson some credit, they made
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the plays at the end of the game and
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they did make them win.
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>> We got started on a rough road.
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Billy what was the biggest difference in
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our run and passing game after the game?
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>> Um, I mean, you know, we
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we have ran the ball
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consistently. I mean, we didn't finish
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in the end zone a couple times when we
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got down there.
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But again, you know, playing against
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good football teams.
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>> Right next to him coach, Andrew.
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>> Coach you struggled a little bit after
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the first two series, but what went into
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the decision to
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>> I thought it was a good play.
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>> Right next to him coach, Noah.
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>> After the first two possessions for
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Billy, it seemed like he was really
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finding his rhythm early. What was the
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biggest difference schematically from
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Clemson's side of things that seemed to
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slow him down throughout the rest?
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>> I think they pretty much they did the
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same thing most of the game. They I
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mean, they gave us a lot of different
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pressures in two weeks that we didn't
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you know, mix it up with some odd
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fronts.
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Um.
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But it's about what they normally do.
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>> So nothing out of the ordinary?
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>> Well, I would I would just say that what
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they did is pretty much what they do.
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>> Far left coach, Spencer.
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>> Coming out of the out of the 1-yard line
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when you were playing always run the
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ball twice in
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inside the 7-yard line.
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>> Uh, we missed an opportunity down there.
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Um,
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so.
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I'll just leave it at that.
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>> Far right coach, Michael.
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>> Billy struggled in the last second half.
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How does that change things for you guys
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out there? and the offense? How do you
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approach a struggle like that? Just
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trying to win out.
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>> Yeah,
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I mean, look, it was
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I thought Billy did a lot of good
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things. You know, we had a couple, you
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know, breakdowns here and there.
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Not all the same thing. You know, we
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missed missed some blocks and fumbled
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the ball and you know, it wasn't perfect
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by anybody.
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So.
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You know, we missed some opportunities
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and you know, we need to capitalize on
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those against a good football team.
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>> Right in the front here, coach Michael.
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>> Billy, I I know this is a tough loss.
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The investigation concluded this week
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and I wonder if you're satisfied with
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the results and what they found and how
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you might move forward after it.
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>> Yeah, I'll just focus on the Clemson
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game, all right? Just ended 10 minutes
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ago.
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>> On the far right here, coach.
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>> What is your reaction to
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his resignation?
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>> Yeah, I just talked about that.
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>> Second row here, coach.
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>> Uh coach, you had opportunities in this
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game. Obviously, it didn't go the way
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you wanted it to.
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What did you learn from this experience
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>> Yeah, every game is a learning
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experience, you know, win or lose.
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We learn from all of them. Things we do
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well, we want to keep doing. Things we
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need to do better, we need to improve
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on.
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That's every all the way across the
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board. Players, coaches, everybody.
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>> Sorry, coach. We're here on the left.
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>> You said that you have watched Clemson
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for a long time.
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How did that humble you? How did you
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approach the offense
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>> No.
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>> Go ahead.
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>> Can't hear you.
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>> What did you see
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out of Billy today?
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>> Uh
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You know, he did some good things. Threw
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a couple interceptions. Um
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one counted, one didn't. Um
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You know, the receivers did a good job
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running with the ball. He made a couple
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good runs.
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You know, good competitive game.
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>> Second row on the right, coach.
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>> Earlier this week, tackling in this game
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played a big part of the game. How would
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you assess the way your team tackled
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today and overall in this situation?
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>> Yeah, I was all
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>> of it was good. We had a couple
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uh weren't good.
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So, and they hurt us.
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>> Right in the front of you, coach.
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>> Defense was pretty solid in the first
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half, but there was a shift, and
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suddenly they were able to move the ball
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a lot offensively. So, is there
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something that they changed uh that
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allowed that shift to occur?
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>> Well, I mean, look, they did a good job
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offensively. They They mix it up. They
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hit us on a couple plays.
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And we We hit them on some. Um
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pretty competitive game.
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>> I'm on the left here, coach. Noah.
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>> I know you're going to want to dive into
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the film, but how would you assess, just
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based off instant reactions of the
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secondary and your secondary on defense?
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>> Like Mike.
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>> Yeah, I mean, we had our moments. I
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mean, they completed some pass, short
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passes, and you know, we gave up a
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couple down the sideline on play actions
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or
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you know, fake slip screens.
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Um overall, not bad. I mean, it's just
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two really good receivers. These guys
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are hard to tackle.
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And they got us a couple times, and you
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know, I thought we covered them pretty
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well and tackled them pretty well all
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times.
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>> Right next to you, coach, on the left.
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>> Billy, you guys were pretty clean the
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first two games, just eight penalties,
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but you had some big ones tonight.
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Pass interference, they
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get the ball on the 25, and they didn't
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have a hold, and they kind of put you
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back.
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Is it increasingly just a way to
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approach it or some of those mistakes
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and kind of treat some of those
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differently?
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>> Yeah, but we always want to try to play
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penalty-free. That won't ever change.
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Keep working on that.
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>> Against the wall on the right here,
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coach.
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>> In the back.
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>> Go ahead.
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>> Can you describe whether there was a
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second moment of change or
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>> A moment that contributed to what?
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>> The momentum.
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>> Oh, momentum.
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Yeah, I don't know.
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>> Second row on the right, coach.
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>> Coach, you took down Shotwell in the
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game. What
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did you see
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about the matchup against you like
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to take that?
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>> Uh yeah, I mean, we had a shot it. Um,
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there were other options on the play,
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but, you know, I won't second-guess him.
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I mean,
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it's our best one of our best receivers
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going down the field, and you know, we
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just couldn't hit it.
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>> On the left is Rod. Phil, what's your
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concern though with the the vertical
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passing game? It felt like you guys had
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some opportunities for some big plays
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there that didn't quite connect.
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>> Yeah. Yeah, I mean, those, you know,
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a couple of those plays make a big
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difference in the game and field
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position in the game, so you know, we
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got to be working on them and and, you
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know, hit them. And that's all I got to
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say.
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>> All right, thanks, guys.
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>> Thanks, Phil.
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>> Thanks, Phil.
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