Bill Belichick has his priorities straight as he casually watches the College Football Playoff

Bill Belichick is enjoying the thrills of the College Football Playoff while also planning for his first season coaching at North Carolina. The Tar Heels coach made an appearance on the "Pat McAfee Show" on Monday and spilled the beans on his plans for January.

"Yeah, I'm watching the college games, you know, as a fan from the outside," Belichick said. "But we'll take a closer look at them (CFP teams) and break them down when we get to the film and get to the offseason program.

"Most of my focus right now is on recruiting at North Carolina. January is the one month when the head coaches for college are gonna be on the road. And so I'll be out on the road almost every day in January."

The national championship game is set. Notre Dame booked its spot after beating Penn State while Ohio State took down Texas in the other semifinal.

The CFP final between Notre Dame and Ohio State will be on Jan. 20, at Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, and will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick has elite plans for North Carolina's program

North Carolina HC Bill Belichick - Source: Imagn

North Carolina hired Bill Belichick on Dec. 12. The eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach inked a five-year $50 million contract with the Tar Heels.

Even before Belichick was announced as the new UNC coach, he outlined his plans when there were rumors about him potentially taking a job at the collegiate level.

“If I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability,” Belichick said on Dec. 9, via CBS Sports.

"It would be a professional program. Training, nutrition, scheme, coaching (and) techniques that would transfer to the NFL. It would be an NFL program at a college level and an education that would get the players ready for their career after football.”

Belichick won six Super Bowls as the New England Patriots coach. He also won two Super Bowls as a defensive coordinator for the New York Giants.

It remains to be seen if Belichick can leave a mark on college football after an iconic career in the NFL.