Belichick avoided the rows of radio reporters in the hotel lobby and spent much of the morning in a hallway outside the green room for players and coaches, down the hall from private rooms for interviews with ESPN.com, SiriusXM and the ACC Digital Network.

North Carolina coach Bill Belichick took center stage Thursday at ACC Media Days, accompanied by his transfer quarterback and several program veterans as TV crews and cameras tracked his every move. Ahead of his first season with the Tar Heels,