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The on-again, off-again Hulu docuseries set to follow Bill Belichick in his first season as the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels has now been officially canceled after the team’s putrid start to the 2025 college football season.
Initially, plans called for HBO to follow Belichick and the Tar Heels for the first-ever installment of Hard Knocks dedicated to a college football team. Unfortunately, that later fell apart after Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, insisted on being heavily involved in the production process.
However, we learned in July that Hulu had instead landed a deal to air a similar-style docuseries about the legendary head coach and his foray into college coaching.
Hulu Docuseries About Bill Belichick And UNC Called Off
Sadly, it turns out that that series will also not happen. Although there’s no word as to whether Hudson’s desire for creative control also played a role this time around.
Jeremiah Holloway of Inside Carolina reports that the planned series has ceased production amid North Carolina’s 2-3 start to the season, including three double-digit losses in games against Power 4 opponents.
“I’m excited to share with you that we will be doing that with EverWonder and Hulu that will showcase our football program,” Belichick said in August when he first announced plans for the series. “This is about the UNC football program. There’s obviously a lot of interest in it, and it will stream on Hulu later this fall.
“It’s gonna feature the players working hard, which you guys do. It’s about the players improving and getting better through their hard work, which you do. And a program starting from where it started from several months ago to wherever it’s gonna do during the course of the season, which, of course, we determine on the field. It’ll show our commitment to winning, it’ll show our commitment to the team, and that’s our priority.”
Maybe that commitment to winning has changed. Or the commitment to the team. Or, maybe it’s just a coincidence that the series got nixed after it turned out the team stinks on ice.
In the end, only those around the program and with Hulu will truly know.