Bill Belichick Reportedly Eyes Raiders OC Scott Turner for UNC OC Role After Contract

Bill Belichick still needs to fill out his first staff as the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, and he reportedly has his eye on the NFL level.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Sunday that Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator Scott Turner "has emerged as a top target" to fill the same role with the ACC program under the legendary head coach.

Turner was promoted to the interim offensive coordinator position with the Raiders after they fired Luke Getsy following a 2-7 start to the season.

Things haven't exactly gone well, as Las Vegas is 0-4 since the move and did not reach the 20-point mark in any of those games. It is just 2-11 overall and in last place in the AFC West.

Given the team's position, it is anything but a certainty the front office will bring back head coach Antonio Pierce and his staff for the 2025 campaign. With that in mind, Turner, who is the son of former NFL head coach Norv Turner, may need a landing spot.

Perhaps that landing spot will be in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, alongside arguably the greatest coach in NFL history.

Unlike Belichick, Turner has some experience in the college game. He was an offensive assistant and then wide receivers coach for three seasons with Pittsburgh from 2008 through 2010 and was also on Jim Harbaugh's Michigan staff as an offensive analyst in 2017.

He also got his coaching start as a graduate assistant with Oregon State in 2005.

Yet he is more experienced at the NFL level with stops with the Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Commanders and Raiders. He was most notably the offensive coordinator for Washington for three seasons from 2020-22 before he joined the Raiders as a passing game coordinator in 2023.

The Commanders made the playoffs once during his tenure as the OC and lost in the Wild Card Round to end their 2020 campaign.

North Carolina will be firmly under the spotlight during Belichick's first season as the head coach, and he would at least know Turner is an experienced play-caller who has held jobs at the collegiate and NFL levels.