UNC scraps plans for Hulu series after 2-3 start, per report - ESPN

Amid a 2-3 start to Bill Belichick's tenure at North Carolina, the team has scrapped plans for a documentary series chronicling the season with Hulu, according to a report from Inside Carolina.

The series, which was set to follow UNC throughout the entirety of the season, was actually UNC's second crack at a documentary of Belichick's inaugural college campaign, but an earlier project with HBO's «Hard Knocks» was also scrapped over the summer.

Reports in the aftermath of the «Hard Knocks» decision cited discomfort with the role Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, would play in the project. However, UNC strongly denied that and said the decision was ultimately Belichick's.

Sources at the time told ESPN that Belichick soured on the HBO project because it only planned to follow North Carolina through fall camp, and he wanted an opportunity to showcase the full breadth of the Tar Heels' season, which the Hulu show would do.

Documents obtained by ESPN in a public records request showed that Hudson would have likely had a sizable role in any documentary, with a «talking points» memo from the school's PR department noting, «Jordon is playing an active role in the filming and production of a documentary about Coach Belichick's first season of college football, so in that capacity, she may be seen on the sidelines of Carolina Football practices or games.»

Nixing the Hulu project likely has far more to do with the on-field issues Belichick is facing at Carolina.

The Heels have lost their first three games vs. Power Four opponents by a combined score of 120-33, including a blowout defeat to Clemson Tigers last Saturday in which the Heels trailed 28-3 after the first quarter.

Belichick has offered little in the way of public