Fear not, because there is a Belichick whose likeness is portrayed. Ben Haumiller, the principal game designer for College Football 26, said on Split Zone Duo in June that you can have Tar Heels defensive coordinator Steve Belichick on staff:

For those who are looking forward to logging into College Football 26 on Thursday and playing with a team coached by the likes of Bill Belichick or Deion Sanders ... you're going to have to keep looking.

Colorado's Deion Sanders, North Carolina's Bill Belichick and Miami's Mario Cristobal and three of the key names who have chosen not to be part of the game's release. Colorado's head coach is, instead, Level 40 elite recruiter Kirk Patrick, while North Carolina's coach is a Level 30 "scheme guru" named Hector Luna.