North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has resigned, the school announced Thursday, though UNC will continue its investigation “and will consider all appropriate corrective actions responsive to the information it learns.”The scope of that investigation — which began after unspecified allegations against Lombardi first surfaced in July — has grown to include the entire UNC football program and possible inappropriate relationships within it, according to Lombardi’s attorney Tom Mars and another person who was interviewed by investigators, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution.“UNC’s investigation is delving into whether people other than Michael were having ‘inappropriate relationships,’” Mars told The Athletic. “Michael is not aware of any such relationships, nor was it his job to monitor.”Lombardi’s resignation comes more than a month after the school first placed Bill Belichick’s right-hand man on paid administrative leave and with the season underway. The highest-paid GM in college football, Lombardi was in the second year of a three-year contract paying him $1.5 million annually.“I want to thank Chancellor Roberts and Bill Belichick for the opportunity to serve as the GM of UNC Football,” Lombardi said in a statement released through Mars. “I have decided it’s best for me to resign my position as GM to allow the team to focus on the ’26 season.”