At the University of North Carolina, a season of internal reckoning has claimed a significant coaching voice: defensive coordinator Steve Belichick has resigned following the conclusion of a formal conduct investigation within the football program. The university allowed the process to run its full course before acting, a choice that speaks to institutional deliberateness — and perhaps to the weight of what the probe uncovered. In the broader story of college athletics, this moment joins a long line of reminders that the culture inside a program matters as much as the scoreboard outside it.