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.

The North Carolina Tar Heels ' football program made one of the biggest surprise hires of the offseason after signing Bill Belichick to a five-year contract with an annual salary of $10 million. However, most of the guarantees are within the first three years of the deal.

Could Bill Belchick’s tenure as North Carolina football coach be over before it truly gets started? That is exactly what the folks at Chapel Hill are becoming concerned about based on the staff hires Belichick has made – as well as the ones he hasn’t since taking the job a month ago,