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07/27 11:23 CDT North Carolina places football GM Michael Lombardi on paid
administrative leave
North Carolina places football GM Michael Lombardi on paid administrative leave
By AARON BEARD
AP Sports Writer
North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has been placed on
paid administrative leave.
The school announced the move with a statement Monday morning, coming days
before the Tar Heels open preseason camp. The school didn't provide details as
to the reason, noting that employees and athletes aren't permitted to address
the topic "as is standard procedure with personnel matters."
Lombardi joined Bill Belichick in making the NFL-to-college move when the
school hired the former New England Patriots coach in December 2024. Lombardi's
career as an NFL executive had included being the GM of the Cleveland Browns in
2013, and he was an immediate hire by the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach in
Chapel Hill.
The school had hired Belichick to jolt a football program that had largely been
an Atlantic Coast Conference also-ran while making periodic but unsustained
climbs into national relevance.
A few months into Belichick's tenure, Lombardi said the goal was running a
college program in a way similar to the NFL, saying the Tar Heels "consider
ourselves the 33rd (NFL) team" due to the staff connections to the pros.
The Tar Heels went just 4-8 in Belichick's first season. They open his second
against TCU in Dublin, Ireland, on Aug. 29.
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AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and
https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
