University of North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick has hired Chris Jones as a defensive assistant, per jdunk_12. Jones has already been working with the Tar Heels staff as Belichick tries to build a winning program for the 2025 season. Freddie Kitchens, who hired Jones as a senior defensive specialist with the Cleveland Browns for the 2019 season, was UNC’s offensive coordinator last year and he’s expected to stay in that role under Belichick. The 57-year-old has a 61-70 all-time win-loss record as a CFL head coach. He won a Grey Cup as Edmonton’s bench boss in 2015 and was named the league’s Coach of the Year with Saskatchewan in 2018. He won three Grey Cups as a defensive coordinator prior to becoming a CFL head coach, winning one each with the Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders, and Toronto Argonauts. Jones split the 2024 CFL season between the Elks and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was fired as head coach and general manager in the Alberta capital on July 15 after an 0-5 star...