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It’s a new look in ACC for college football as Bill Belichick becomes North Carolina Tar Heel’s New Head Coach shakes up one of the country’s top conferences.
Dabo Swinney, the long -time Clemson Tigers head coach, described the conference as playing “New England Patriots”, which includes former Patriots coach Bill O’Brien, who comes as Boston College’s new leader on the sidelines.
Swinney and Belichick had a joint interview with ESPN’s reception Davis, where he admitted he was not too concerned about the skilled NFL coach who joined the college rows.
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Clemson Tigers Main Coach Dabo Swinney (Ken Ruinard-USA Today Sports)
In fact, Swinney joked that he has a “secret sauce” to beat Tar Heels when they see each other on October 4 on the road.
Ryan Allen, Clemson’s specialist trainer, was Belichick’s former point on the patriots.
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“We’re going to lean heavily to find out how to defeat Y’all’s Punt Block team or whatever else,” Swinney said of Allen.
After Tigers has undertaken Tar Heels, they will have to see O’Brien’s Eagles the following week.
“We are playing New England Patriots this year,” Swinney said. “We go to North Carolina and then we go to Boston College to play Bill O’Brien. So I feel like playing the entire Patriots organization for about a two-week span there.”
North Carolina Tar Heels new head coach Bill Belichick (Jim Dedmon-Preferred Pictures)
While a Belichick-led UNC team is a new challenge for ACC, Clemson has handled them nicely since Swinney took over in 2018. The Tigers beat Tar Heels 14 times during this span, including their last matchup in 2023-a 31-20 victory for Clemson.
Meanwhile, Belichick hopes to snap UNC’s losing row against Clemson, which is in six matches. In their last 10 matchups, Tar Heels is 1-9.
Clemson went 10-4 last season in Swinney’s 16th season as the main coach and reached the expanded college-football game. They ended up losing to Texas, 38-24, in the first round to end their season.
Clemson Tigers Main Coach Dabo Swinney (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)
The Tigers return Quarterback Cade Clubnik, who had a career year during Swinney in 2024. They also added Tom Allen from Penn State to defense in the transfer portal.
ESPN has Clemson ranked as 11th place in their study of the forecast.
