UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham avoided any mention of Jordon Hudson while discussing Bill Belichick’s role as head football coach amid potential distractions in the program.

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

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.

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.

North Carolina has said that Hudson was still welcome at the team's football facilities after a report she had been banned.

Jordon Hudson, the girlfriend of 73-year-old football coach Bill Belichick, has been accused of intentionally lying about how old she is