Bill Belichick is adding another seasoned NFL coach to his staff at North Carolina. Mike Priefer will be the new special teams coordinator for the Tar Heels, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Priefer, 58, coached special teams for more than two decades across the NFL.

As North Carolina coach Bill Belichick continues to build out his staff in Chapel Hill, he's keeping his promise of having a "strong NFL presence." According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, Belichick and the Tar Heels are working towards finalizing a deal with longtime NFL special teams coach Mike Priefer.

North Carolina G.M. Mike Lombardi has once again called a report regarding the potential NFL future of UNC head coach Bill Belichick a fake.

Mike Priefer, the former longtime special teams coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, is making his return to football by joining Bill Belichick’s staff at North Carolina.

Friend has coached at multiple SEC programs, and a longtime NFL special teams coordinator is also expected to join the staff.

Bill Belichick is in the process of filling out his first staff at the University of North Carolina. Belichick has already hired his offensive and defensive coordinators, retaining Freddie Kitchens from Mack Brown's staff for the former role and bringing in his son Steve for the latter.

McDonogh’s All-Metro first-team linebacker and edge rusher Kamden Laudenslager was already excited to play his next football at North Carolina. But when he learned that legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick was taking over the Tar Heels,