On Friday morning, North Carolina issued a statement in response to a report that Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend/handler/publicist has been banned from the football facility.

Hudson and Belichick went public with their relationship last year and they have since been met with plenty of criticism.

The Tar Heels head coach and six-time Super Bowl champion, 73, has faced questions about his 24-year-old girlfriend's involvement with the program.

In his capacity as head coach of the North Carolina football program, Bill Belichick has had two press conferences: one when he was hired, and one at the start of spring practice.

Speaking to ESPN’s Christine Williamson in Florida, Belichick discussed the current state of the Tar Heels program and his new role of leading a college football team for the first time in his long coaching career.