UNC's highest-paid football GM Michael Lombardi resigns amid ongoing investigation

In the still-young experiment of bringing NFL-caliber front office architecture to college football, UNC's program faces an early reckoning. Michael Lombardi, the highest-paid general manager in college football history and a trusted lieutenant of Bill Belichick, has resigned from his post at Chapel Hill following more than a month of paid administrative leave tied to an undisclosed internal investigation. The university has made clear that his departure does not close the inquiry — only that the chapter he occupied has ended, while the larger story continues to be written.