NC Central’s assistant coaches had to calm Oliver down on the sideline, telling him the Virginia Tech assistant was “just down here visiting.” “But I knew what it was,” Oliver said. Virginia Tech said in a statement Saturday that it would investigate the incident.

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North Carolina Central coach Trei Oliver accused a Virginia Tech assistant coach of attempting to recruit Eagles running back J'Mari Taylor from the sideline during a game.

"It's a pro program," Belichick said. "Practice, training, food, schemes, terminology, it's all a pro program. Not to the extent that we did it in the NFL — there will be fewer plays, fewer adjustments — but it will be along those lines."

The Atlantic Coast Conference has three former NFL head coaches leading its football programs this fall for the most of any league.

Coaches from Duke, North Carolina Central, N.C. State, ECU and UNC gathered at the Hilton Raleigh North Hills hotel for the 22nd annual Bill Dooley Pigskin Preview Friday. The event takes place ahead of fall camps beginning.

There's plenty of intrigue and skepticism about whether Belichick's NFL success will translate to the college game

The North Carolina Tar Heels have been targeted many different prospects in a plethora of different states, including some of the primary states from the south.