The University of North Carolina (UNC) has denied that Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, has been banned from its facilities despite contrary reports.
Hudson, 24, and head football coach Belichick, 73, have been in a relationship since 2023 - although it is reported that they met two years prior in 2021.
On Friday (May 9), journalist Pablo Torre reported that Hudson was “banned” from the school’s football facility and cited a source as saying: “There is deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill's legacy, reputation — everything he has built and worked for over decades,” via his podcast as well as referring to 11 sources in all.
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Just hours later, UNC released a statement, which read: “While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities.
"Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick's personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University."
And despite the university’s claims, Torre has doubled down on his reporting and took to X to explain how the information had “had came from the highest levels of the football program”.
“UNC can now choose to describe or change its position on Jordon Hudson’s involvement, however it wishes, following the publication of our episode,” Torre wrote.
“We requested comment and filed dozens of FOIA requests that were not satisfied. And we stand by the specific reporting in our episode, which came from the highest levels of the football program.”
Hudson was previously a cheerleader at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts and was part of the 2021 national championship-winning squad. She has also taken part in beauty pageants and attended cosmetology school.
As for Belichick, who previously coached the New England Patriots between 2003 and 2023, he was hired as UNC’s head coach in December 2024, despite several detractors at the school, according to ESPN.
ESPN also report that the 73-year-old will pocket an eye-watering salary of $10m this year, more than double what his predecessor Mack Brown earned in 2024.
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