2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFreddie Kitchens (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple pro-style
Defensive coordinatorStephen Belichick (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–2–5
Home stadiumKenan Stadium
2025 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 Virginia y   7 1     11 3  
Duke y$   6 2     9 5  
No. 2 Miami (FL) ^   6 2     13 3  
Georgia Tech   6 2     9 4  
SMU   6 2     9 4  
Pittsburgh   6 2     8 5  
Louisville   4 4     9 4  
Wake Forest   4 4     9 4  
NC State   4 4     8 5  
California   4 4     7 6  
Clemson   4 4     7 6  
Stanford   3 5     4 8  
Florida State   2 6     5 7  
Virginia Tech   2 6     3 9  
North Carolina   2 6     4 8  
Boston College   1 7     2 10  
Syracuse   1 7     3 9  
Championship: Duke 27, Virginia 20OT
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of March 14, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Bill Belichick. The team plays their home games at Kenan Stadium.

Following the firing of head coach Mack Brown after six seasons in charge, assistant Freddie Kitchens was elevated to interim head coach.

On December 11, 2024, Bill Belichick, former head coach of the NFL's New England Patriots, was hired as the 35th head coach in North Carolina program history.

The North Carolina Tar Heels drew an average home attendance of 50,500, the 43rd-highest of all college football teams.