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Bill Belichick

November 27, 2023

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William Stephen Belichick (/ˈbɛlɪtʃɪk, ˈbɛlɪtʃɛk/; born April 16, 1952) is an American football coach who is the head coach and general manager[a] of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Widely regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time,[2][3][4] he holds numerous coaching records, including the record of most Super Bowl wins (six) as a head coach, all with the Patriots, along with two more during his time as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, for the record of eight combined total Super Bowl victories as coach and coordinator.[5] Belichick is often referred to as a "student of the game", with a deep knowledge of the intricacies of each player position, and is known as a renowned American football historian.[6][7][8][9] Under his tenure with the Patriots, he was a central figure as the head coach as well as the chief executive during the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019.[10]

Bill Belichick
Belichick in 2019
New England Patriots
Position:Head coach[a]
Personal information
Born: (1952-04-16) April 16, 1952 (age 71)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Career information
High school:Annapolis
(Annapolis, Maryland)
College:Wesleyan
Career history
As a coach:
As an executive:
  • Cleveland Browns (1992–1995)
    General manager de facto
  • New England Patriots (2000–present)
    General manager de facto
Career highlights and awards
As a coach
As an executive
  • PFWA Executive of the Year (2021)
NFL records
  • Most Super Bowl wins: 8
  • Most Super Bowl wins as a head coach: 6
  • Most Super Bowl appearances: 12
  • Most Super Bowl appearances as a head coach: 9
  • Most playoff wins as a head coach: 31
  • Most playoff appearances as a head coach: 19 (tied)
  • Most divisional championships as a head coach: 17
Head coaching record
Regular season:300–161 (.651)
Postseason:31–13 (.705)
Career:331–174 (.655)
Coaching stats at PFR
Executive profile at PFR

Belichick is a descendant of the Bill Parcells coaching tree. He began his coaching career in 1975 as an assistant for the Baltimore Colts, and became the defensive coordinator for New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells by 1985. Parcells and Belichick won two Super Bowls together before Belichick left to become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991. He remained in Cleveland for five seasons but was fired following the team's 1995 season. He rejoined Parcells, first in New England where the team lost Super Bowl XXXI, and later with the New York Jets.

After being named head coach of the Jets, Belichick resigned after only one day on the job to accept the head coaching job for the New England Patriots on January 27, 2000. Since then, he has led the Patriots to 17 AFC East division titles, 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and nine Super Bowl appearances, with a record six wins. Overall, Belichick has won eight Super Bowl titles (the most of any individual in NFL history) and finished as runner-up four times from his combined time as an assistant and head coach.

Belichick is the NFL's longest-tenured active head coach, as well as the first all-time in playoff coaching wins with 31 and third in regular season coaching wins in the NFL with 298.[11] In addition, Belichick is second place for combined regular season and postseason wins, and also second place for most regular season coaching wins with one franchise.[12] He is one of only three head coaches who have won six NFL titles.[13] He was named the AP NFL Coach of the Year for the 2003, 2007, and 2010 seasons. Belichick has also been selected to the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team, NFL 2010s All-Decade Team, as well as the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team, and is the only active head coach on the latter team.

Early life

Belichick was born on April 16, 1952, in Nashville[14] the son of Jeannette (Munn) and Steve Belichick (born Stephen Biličić).[15] Bill was named after College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Edwards, who was his godfather.[16] Belichick is of Croatian ancestry[17] and his paternal grandparents, Ivan Biličić and Marija (Mary) Barković, emigrated from the Croatian village of Draganić, Karlovac, in 1897, settling in Monessen, Pennsylvania.[18]

He was raised in Annapolis, Maryland[19] where his father was an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy. Belichick has said his father is one of his most important football mentors, and Belichick often studied football with him.[20] Bill reportedly learned to break down game films at a young age by watching his father and the Navy staff do their jobs.[21] He graduated from Annapolis High School in 1970 with classmate Sally Brice-O'Hara.[22][23] While there he played football and lacrosse, with the latter being his favorite sport.[24] He enrolled at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, for a postgraduate year, with the intention of improving his grades and test scores to be admitted into a quality college.[25] The school honored him 40 years later by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011.[26]

Belichick attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where he played center and tight end. In addition to being a member of the football team, he played lacrosse and squash, serving as the captain of the lacrosse team during his senior season. A member of Chi Psi fraternity,[27] he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1975.[28] Eventually he was part of the inaugural induction class into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in spring 2008.[29]

Coaching career

Early coaching positions

After graduating, Belichick took a $25-per-week job as an assistant to Baltimore Colts head coach Ted Marchibroda in 1975.[30] In 1976, he joined the Detroit Lions as their assistant special teams coach before adding tight ends and wide receivers to his coaching duties in 1977.[31] He was dismissed along with head coach Tommy Hudspeth and the rest of the coaching staff on January 9, 1978.[32] He spent the 1978 season with the Denver Broncos as their assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant.[33]

New York Giants (1979–1990)

In 1979, Belichick began a 12-year stint with the New York Giants alongside head coach Ray Perkins as a defensive assistant and special teams coach.[34] He added linebackers coaching to his duties in 1980 and was named defensive coordinator in 1985 under head coach Bill Parcells, who had replaced Perkins in 1983. The Giants won Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV following the 1986 and 1990 seasons.[35][36] His defensive game plan from the New York Giants' 20–19 upset of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV has been placed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[37]

Cleveland Browns (1991–1995)

From 1991 until 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. During his tenure in Cleveland, he compiled a 36–44 record, leading the team to the playoffs in 1994, his only winning year with the team.[38] Coincidentally, his one playoff victory during his Browns tenure was achieved against the New England Patriots, who were coached by former Giants head coach Bill Parcells, in the Wild Card Round during that postseason.[39] In Belichick's last season in Cleveland, the Browns finished 5–11, despite starting 3–1.[40] One of his most controversial moves was cutting quarterback Bernie Kosar midway through the 1993 season. Kosar was signed by the Dallas Cowboys two days later and won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII as a backup. In November 1995, in the middle of the ongoing football season, Browns owner Art Modell had announced he would move his franchise to Baltimore after the season.[41] After first being given assurances that he would coach the new team that would later become the Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was instead fired on February 14, 1996, one week after the shift was officially announced.[42]

New England Patriots (1996)

After his dismissal by the Cleveland Browns, Belichick served under Parcells again as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach with the Patriots for the 1996 season. The Patriots finished with an 11–5 record and won the AFC Championship over the Jacksonville Jaguars, but they lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI amid rumors of Parcells's impending defection.[43][44]

New York Jets (1997–1999)

Belichick had two stints as the head coach of the New York Jets without ever coaching a game.

In February 1997, Belichick, who had been an assistant coach under Bill Parcells with the New York Giants and New England Patriots, was named the Jets interim head coach while the Jets and Patriots continued to negotiate compensation to release Parcells from his contract with the Patriots and allow Parcells to coach the Jets.[45] Six days later the Patriots and Jets reached an agreement that allowed Parcells to coach the Jets, and Belichick became the team's assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.[46]

When Parcells stepped down as head coach after the 1999 season, he had already arranged with team management to have Belichick succeed him. However, Belichick was the New York Jets' head coach for only one day. On January 4, 2000, when Belichick was introduced as head coach to the media—the day after his hiring was publicized—he turned it into a surprise resignation announcement. Before taking the podium, he scrawled a resignation note on a napkin that read, in its entirety, "I resign as HC of the NYJ." He then delivered a half-hour speech explaining his resignation to the assembled press corps.[47]

Soon after this bizarre turn of events, he was introduced as the Patriots' 12th full-time head coach, succeeding the recently fired Pete Carroll.[48] The Patriots had inquired to the Jets about permission to interview him for their vacant spot at head coach just prior to Parcells stepping down.[49] Parcells and the Jets claimed that Belichick was still under contract to the Jets, and demanded compensation from the Patriots. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue agreed, and the Patriots gave the Jets a first-round draft pick in 2000 in exchange for the right to hire Belichick.[50]

New England Patriots (2000–present)

Soon after hiring Belichick, owner Robert Kraft gave him near-complete control over the team's football operations, making him the de facto general manager as well. Until 2009, Belichick split many of the duties normally held by a general manager on other clubs with player personnel director Scott Pioli, though Belichick had the final say on football matters.[51] Pioli left for the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2008 season.[52]

The Patriots went 5–11 in the 2000 regular season and missed the playoffs.[53]

Starting Brady over Bledsoe, "Patriot Way", first three Super Bowl wins: 2001–2004

In 2001, the Patriots went 11–5 in the regular season, and defeated the Oakland Raiders (in the "Tuck Rule Game") and Pittsburgh Steelers on the way to the Super Bowl.[54][55] In Super Bowl XXXVI, Belichick's defense held the St. Louis Rams' offense, which had averaged 31 points during the season, to 17 points, and the Patriots won on a last-second field goal by Adam Vinatieri.[56] The win was the first Super Bowl championship in Patriots history.[57]

The following season (2002)—the first in Gillette Stadium—the Patriots went 9–7 and missed the playoffs.[58] New England finished with the same record as the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, but the Jets won the AFC East title as a result of the third tiebreaker (record among common opponents).[59]

 
Belichick (right) at the Patriots' visit to the White House in 2004

The Patriots' 2003 season started with a 31–0 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, a few days after they released team defensive captain Lawyer Milloy.[60][61] However, they dominated through the remainder of the season to finish 14–2, setting a new franchise record for wins in a season.[62] In the final week of the regular season, the Patriots avenged their loss to the Bills by the same 31–0 score.[63] They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round. Playing against the Indianapolis Colts and Co-MVP Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship (Steve McNair of the Titans was also Co-MVP), the Patriots recorded four interceptions, and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVIII, where they defeated the Carolina Panthers 32–29 on a late Adam Vinatieri field goal.[64][65] Belichick was awarded the NFL Coach of the Year Award.

In 2004, the Patriots once again finished with a 14–2 record, and they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional Round.[66][67] They opened the season at 6–0, which combined with the 15 straight wins to end the previous season, gave New England 21 consecutive victories to break the record for most wins in a row formerly held by the Miami Dolphins with 18 straight victories in the 1972 and 1973 seasons. They defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship. In Super Bowl XXXIX, the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles and became only the second team to win three Super Bowls in four years.[68][69] Belichick is the only coach to accomplish the feat as the Dallas Cowboys had two head coaches in the stretch they won three of four from 1992 to 1995.

The perfect season, Randy Moss, the Manning brothers, and Brady's injury: 2005–2009

With a new defensive coordinator in Eric Mangini and no named offensive coordinator, the Patriots went 10–6 in the 2005 season and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round before losing to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round.[70][71][72] Earlier, with a season-opening win over the Oakland Raiders, Belichick notched his 54th win with the Patriots, passing Mike Holovak as the winningest coach in Patriots history.

The Patriots finished with a 12–4 record in the 2006 season and defeated the New York Jets by a score of 37–16 in the Wild Card Round.[73][74] They then beat the San Diego Chargers the next week in the Divisional Round, before losing to the eventual Super Bowl XLI winner Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship by a score of 38–34.[75][76] The Patriots led 21–3 mid-way during the second quarter, but the Colts mounted one of the great comebacks in playoff history.[77]

 
Belichick during an August 28, 2009, preseason game against the Washington Redskins

In 2007, Belichick led the Patriots to the first perfect regular season since the introduction of the 16-game regular season schedule in 1978, only the fourth team to do so in National Football League history after the 1934[78] and 1942 Chicago Bears[79] and 1972 Miami Dolphins. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, they defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 31–20. In the AFC Championship, the Patriots defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 21–12. The Patriots were upset in Super Bowl XLII by the New York Giants, his former team, due to the defense allowing a famous play to David Tyree near the end of regulation[80] The Patriots' failure to attain a "perfect season" (undefeated and untied, including playoffs) preserved the Miami Dolphins as the sole team to do so, having finished their 1972 regular season at 14–0 and having won three games in the playoffs. Only two other teams in professional football have recorded a perfect season—the 1948 Cleveland Browns (14–0) of the then All-America Football Conference and the 1948 Calgary Stampeders (12–0) of the Canadian Football League. No team in the former American Football League had a perfect season.

In the Patriots' 2008 season-opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, quarterback Tom Brady sustained a season-ending injury in the first quarter.[81] Backup quarterback Matt Cassel was named the starter for the remainder of the season. However, with a win in Week 2, the Patriots broke their own record for regular season wins in a row with 21 (2006–08). After losing over a dozen players to the injured reserve list, including Rodney Harrison, Adalius Thomas, and Laurence Maroney, the Patriots still managed their league-leading eighth consecutive season with a winning record, going 11–5.[82] Nevertheless, the Patriots, who finished second in the AFC East, missed the playoffs for the first time since 2002, losing on tiebreakers to the Miami Dolphins (who won the division on the fourth tiebreaker, better conference record) and the Baltimore Ravens (who beat out the Patriots for the last playoff spot due to a better conference record).[83] The 1985 Denver Broncos are the only other 11-win team to miss the playoffs in a 16-game season.[84]

In 2009, with a fully healthy Tom Brady back as the starting quarterback, Belichick was able to guide the Patriots to yet another AFC East division title with a 10–6 record.[85] However, the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round.[86]

Spygate

Main article: Spygate (NFL)

In an incident dubbed "Spygate,"[87] on September 9, 2007, NFL security caught a Patriots video assistant taping the New York Jets' defensive signals from the sidelines, which is not an approved location. The NFL rules state "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." Jets coach Eric Mangini, a former Patriots assistant, tipped off league officials that the Patriots might have been filming their signals. After the game, the Jets formally complained to the league.

On September 13, the NFL fined Belichick $500,000—the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history,[88] and fined the Patriots $250,000. Additionally, the Patriots forfeited their first-round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, a former employee of the Jets, said that he fined the Patriots as a team because Belichick exercises so much control over the Patriots' on-field operations that "his actions and decisions are properly attributed to the club." Goodell considered suspending Belichick, but decided that taking away draft picks would be more severe in the long run.[89] Gary Myers, New York Daily News columnist, stated Belichick should have been suspended by Goodell for the Patriots' next game against the Jets.[90]

Belichick later issued the following statement:

I accept full responsibility for the actions that led to tonight's ruling. Once again, I apologize to the Kraft family and every person directly or indirectly associated with the New England Patriots for the embarrassment, distraction and penalty my mistake caused. I also apologize to Patriots fans and would like to thank them for their support during the past few days and throughout my career. [...] As the Commissioner acknowledged, our use of sideline video had no impact on the outcome of last week's game. We have never used sideline video to obtain a competitive advantage while the game was in progress. [...] Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them. My interpretation of a rule in the Constitution and Bylaws was incorrect. [...] With tonight's resolution, I will not be offering any further comments on this matter. We are moving on with our preparations for Sunday's game.

The sanctions against Belichick were the harshest imposed on a head coach in league history until the New Orleans Saints' Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season for covering up a scheme in which bounties were paid for deliberately knocking opponents out of games.

Following the incident and its fallout, Belichick led the Patriots to a perfect 16–0 regular season record, and was awarded the 2007 NFL Coach of the Year Award, as voted on by the Associated Press.[91]

Making five Super Bowls and winning three, Gronkowski, and "We're on to Cincinnati": 2010–2019

In the 2010 season, Belichick and the Patriots finished with a 14–2 record for the top seed in the AFC.[92] However, their postseason ended quickly with a 28–21 loss to the New York Jets in the divisional round.[93]

In the 2011 season, the Patriots topped the AFC with a 13–3 record.[94] Following a victory over the Denver Broncos in the divisional round, the Patriots won the AFC Championship game, beating the Baltimore Ravens 23–20 when the Ravens failed to score a touchdown and Baltimore's kicker, Billy Cundiff, missed a routine 32-yard field goal attempt to tie the game and send it into overtime.[95][96] This sent New England to their fifth Super Bowl under Belichick. In Super Bowl XLVI, the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl XLII rematch to the New York Giants by a score of 21–17.[97]

 
Belichick at the 2012 Time 100 gala

On September 26, 2012, following a 31–30 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was fined $50,000 for grabbing a replacement official's arm while asking for more specific clarity on a ruling after Baltimore had narrowly converted a last-second field goal attempt to secure the win.[98] The Patriots finished the 2012 regular season with a 12–4 record. In the divisional round of the playoffs, they defeated the Houston Texans by a score of 41–28 and made it to the AFC Championship Game, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens by a score of 28–13, ending their season.[99][100]

Belichick's Patriots began the 2013 season with much upheaval on the offensive side of the ball with the injury of Rob Gronkowski, the arrest and subsequent release of Aaron Hernandez, the departures of Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos and Danny Woodhead to the San Diego Chargers in free agency, and the release of Brandon Lloyd. To replace them, the Patriots signed Danny Amendola in free agency, drafted rookies Aaron Dobson and Josh Boyce, and signed undrafted rookie free agent Kenbrell Thompkins. The team ended the season with a 12–4 record, winning the AFC East and securing a playoff berth and a first-round bye, seeding second in the AFC standings.[101] In the divisional round, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 43–22.[102] They lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 26–16.[103]

In the 2014 season, Belichick's Patriots started 2–2. At a mid-week press conference following a 41–14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Belichick famously uttered "We're on to Cincinnati" (referring to the Patriots' next opponent) several times in response to follow-up questions and criticisms of his team, Brady in particular.[104] Ultimately, they recorded a 12–4 record for the third straight season.[105] In the divisional round, they defeated the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 35–31.[106] In the AFC Championship Game, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 45–7.[107] They reached Super Bowl XLIX, where they defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 28–24.[108] With his fourth championship as head coach, Belichick tied Chuck Noll for most Super Bowl wins by a head coach.[109]

 
Belichick with President Barack Obama and Robert Kraft

In the 2015 season, Belichick's Patriots recorded a 12–4 record for the fourth straight season.[110] They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round.[111] In the AFC Championship Game, they lost to the eventual Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos by a score of 20–18.[112]

In the 2016 season, Belichick's Patriots recorded a 14–2 record, which earned them the #1 seed for the AFC playoffs.[113] In the divisional round, they defeated the Houston Texans.[114] In the AFC Championship Game, they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers.[115] They reached Super Bowl LI, where they defeated the Atlanta Falcons in a comeback victory by a score of 34–28 in overtime.[116] The Patriots were down 28–3 at one point in the third quarter.[117] With the victory, Belichick won his record fifth Super Bowl title as a head coach.[118]

In the 2017 season, Belichick's Patriots went 13–3, setting an NFL record eighth consecutive 12-or-more-win seasons, capturing their ninth consecutive AFC East title and their 15th of the last 17 seasons. They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round by a score of 35–14, and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 24–20, claiming their second consecutive AFC title, while also extending their record of consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances with seven.[119][120] Super Bowl LII was Belichick's eighth title game as head coach and his eleventh overall in any capacity, which was also the Patriots' tenth appearance, all extending NFL records. The Ringer wrote that Belichick's "team is different from many of New England's famous teams from the previous decade: The first iteration of the Patriots dynasty relied on defense. This year, they are 29th in yards allowed (though fifth in points allowed) and instead have perfected the art of situational football". The latter Patriots teams have been noted for mounting late comebacks in playoff games.[121][122]

However, the Patriots fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, 41–33, as Eagles quarterback Nick Foles repeated his dominant NFC Championship Game performance and led Philadelphia to victory in a high-scoring game. The Patriots were down early, as they had been in most of their Super Bowl wins. However, they could not make a comeback this time, although they came very close. Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham strip-sacked Tom Brady to get the ball back with about 2 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. The Patriots did get the ball again before the end of the game, but they ran out of time to score.[123]

In the 2018 season, Belichick's Patriots went 11–5, failing to win 12 or more games for the first time since 2009. Despite this, the Patriots still captured their 10th consecutive AFC East title and their 16th of the last 18 years. They defeated the Los Angeles Chargers in the divisional round by a score of 41–28 and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game 37–31 in a tough overtime game in Kansas City to advance to their third straight Super Bowl.[124][125] In Super Bowl LIII, the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 to give Belichick his sixth Super Bowl championship as a head coach and his eighth overall to have the most Super Bowl rings in NFL history. His six championships matched both George Halas and Curly Lambeau for most championships as a head coach. The Patriots' defense held the high-scoring Rams offense to 260 total yards.[126][127]

On May 13, 2019, Belichick announced that he would assume another role as the Patriots' defensive coordinator starting the 2019 season.[128] On October 27, 2019, with the Patriots' win over the Cleveland Browns, Belichick obtained his 300th win, regular and postseason combined, as a head coach.[129] The Patriots finished the 2019 regular season with a 12–4 record, winning their 11th consecutive AFC East title.[130] They were defeated in the wild-card round of the playoffs by the Tennessee Titans, led by former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel, by the final score of 20–13.[131]

Brady goes to Tampa Bay, Cam Newton, and Mac Jones: 2020–present

Following the departure of Tom Brady to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Belichick and the Patriots were faced with an uncertain quarterback situation for the first time in nearly two decades.[132] During the offseason, the Patriots signed former Carolina Panthers starter Cam Newton for the 2020 NFL season.[133] The off-season routines and schedules, as well as the normal processes of regular season were severely disrupted by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the unanticipated difficulties and challenges of the pandemic, the Patriots were in the hunt for a playoff spot until late in the season, ultimately finishing 7–9. 2020 was Belichick's first losing season since his first year in New England.[134]

In the 2021 NFL Draft, the Patriots selected quarterback Mac Jones with the 15th overall pick.[135] After Jones and Newton competed for the starting job during the preseason, Belichick made the decision to release Newton and name Jones the starter for the upcoming season.[136][137] In week 4 of that season, Brady's Buccaneers visited the Patriots in his first trip to Gillette Stadium since signing with the Patriots. A missed 56-yard field goal by Patriots kicker Nick Folk allowed Tampa Bay to narrowly escape with a 19–17 victory.[138] Immediately after the game, Brady and Belichick shared a quick embrace on the field before Brady greeted his former teammates and other members of the Patriots organization.[139] Though fans criticized Belichick for his lack of warmth displayed towards his former quarterback, the two privately spoke at length in the Buccaneers locker room following the match.[140] Belichick helped lead the Patriots to a 10–7 record in 2021. The team fell to the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card Round.[141]

In the 2022 season, despite starting quarterback Mac Jones being injured in Week 3 and subsequently missing three more weeks, the Patriots remained in the hunt for a playoff spot until the last week, finishing with a record of 8-9.[142][143]

In Week 4 of the 2023 season, the Patriots lost to the Dallas Cowboys, 38–3. In doing so, Belichick suffered the worst loss of his coaching career (35 points).[144] The following week, the Patriots lost to the Saints, 34–0, giving Belichick his worst home loss of his career.[145] In Week 7, New England upset the Buffalo Bills 29–25 to earn Belichick his 300th career regular season win as an NFL head coach.[146]

Overall record in New England

Under Belichick, the Patriots have a regular-season record of 262–108–0 over 23 seasons.[147] Belichick is far and away the most successful coach in Patriots history; his 262 wins with the franchise are more than quadruple those of runner-up Mike Holovak. Belichick has also compiled a 30–12 record in the playoffs with New England, including a 6–3 record in Super Bowls. He has led the Patriots to 17 divisional titles, including five consecutive titles from 2003 to 2007 and eleven consecutive titles from 2009 to 2019. This streak of eleven consecutive playoff appearances is the most in NFL history for any team.[148]

Head coaching record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
CLE 1991 6 10 0 .375 3rd in AFC Central — — — —
CLE 1992 7 9 0 .438 3rd in AFC Central — — — —
CLE 1993 7 9 0 .438 3rd in AFC Central — — — —
CLE 1994 11 5 0 .688 2nd in AFC Central 1 1 .500 Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Divisional Game
CLE 1995 5 11 0 .313 4th in AFC Central — — — —
CLE total 36 44 0 .450 1 1 .500
NE 2000 5 11 0 .313 5th in AFC East — — — —
NE 2001 11 5 0 .688 1st in AFC East 3 0 1.000 Super Bowl XXXVI champions
NE 2002 9 7 0 .563 2nd in AFC East — — — —
NE 2003 14 2 0 .875 1st in AFC East 3 0 1.000 Super Bowl XXXVIII champions
NE 2004 14 2 0 .875 1st in AFC East 3 0 1.000 Super Bowl XXXIX champions
NE 2005 10 6 0 .625 1st in AFC East 1 1 .500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Divisional Game
NE 2006 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC East 2 1 .667 Lost to Indianapolis Colts in AFC Championship Game
NE 2007 16 0 0 1.000 1st in AFC East 2 1 .667 Lost to New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII
NE 2008 11 5 0 .688 2nd in AFC East — — — —
NE 2009 10 6 0 .625 1st in AFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Baltimore Ravens in AFC Wild Card Game
NE 2010 14 2 0 .875 1st in AFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to New York Jets in AFC Divisional Game
NE 2011 13 3 0 .813 1st in AFC East 2 1 .667 Lost to New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI
NE 2012 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC East 1 1 .500 Lost to Baltimore Ravens in AFC Championship Game
NE 2013 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC East 1 1 .500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship Game
NE 2014 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC East 3 0 1.000 Super Bowl XLIX champions
NE 2015 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC East 1 1 .500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship Game
NE 2016 14 2 0 .875 1st in AFC East 3 0 1.000 Super Bowl LI champions
NE 2017 13 3 0 .813 1st in AFC East 2 1 .667 Lost to Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII
NE 2018 11 5 0 .688 1st in AFC East 3 0 1.000 Super Bowl LIII champions
NE 2019 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Tennessee Titans in AFC Wild Card Game
NE 2020 7 9 0 .438 3rd in AFC East — — — —
NE 2021 10 7 0 .588 2nd in AFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Buffalo Bills in AFC Wild Card Game
NE 2022 8 9 0 .471 3rd in AFC East — — — —
NE 2023 2 9 0 .182 — — — —
NE total 264 117 0 .693 30 12 .714
Total 300 161 0 .651 31 13 .705

Coaching record accurate as of final week of the 2022 NFL season.[149]

Coaching tree

Bill Belichick has worked under six head coaches:

Twenty of Belichick's assistant coaches have become NFL or NCAA head coaches (not including interim tenures):

Three of Belichick's former players have become NFL or NCAA head coaches:

During the offseason, Belichick visits other football programs to learn from their experiences. For example, he has studied the Navy run offense, sought Bill Walsh (in past years) to understand more about the San Francisco 49ers as an organization and the West Coast offense as a system,[179] and spent time with Jimmy Johnson to learn about drafting and contract negotiations.[180]

The track record of Belichick's coaching tree has been characterized as poor. Former assistant coaches under Belichick had a combined 208–296–1 (.413) record as head coaches of their own teams through November 28, 2020, and a number of them ended their brief tenures as head coaches by being fired midseason.[181] As of the end of the 2020 season, the only members of this coaching tree to have career NFL head coaching records above .500 were former coaches Groh (9–7) and O'Brien (52–48 during season, 2–4 in playoffs), and current coach Vrabel (29–19 during season, 2–2 in playoffs).[182]

Personal life

Nick Saban and Belichick are good friends. In 2007, When Belichick spoke about their relationship, he said: "Two successful Croats in the same division of NFL. You must admit, you don't see that every day."[183] In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Belichick to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.[184]

Belichick has an Alaskan Klee Kai dog named Nike.[185] Interest in the breed surged after Nike made an appearance on camera during the 2020 NFL Draft.[186]

Relationships

Belichick married businesswoman Debby Clarke in 1977, but they divorced in the summer of 2006.[187][188] The couple have three children. They allegedly separated before the 2004 season, which was disclosed by the Patriots in July 2005. Belichick was also accused of maintaining a relationship with former Giants receptionist Sharon Shenocca, which helped precipitate her divorce.[189]

Starting in 2007, Belichick was in a relationship with Linda Holliday, who was the executive director of the Bill Belichick Foundation.[190][191] The relationship ended in 2023.

Children

He has three children with Debby Clarke Belichick: Amanda, Stephen and Brian.

Amanda is a 2007 graduate of Wesleyan University, where she, like her father, played lacrosse. After college, she worked at Connecticut preparatory school Choate Rosemary Hall as a lacrosse coach and in the admissions department. In 2009 she became an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts Amherst women's lacrosse team,[192] before joining the Ohio State Buckeyes in the same position the next year.[193] After serving as interim head women's lacrosse coach at Wesleyan,[194] she was named head women's lacrosse coach at Holy Cross College in Massachusetts in July 2015.[195]

Stephen played lacrosse and football at Rutgers University on scholarship. He was hired as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots in May 2012,[196] was promoted to safeties coach in 2016,[197] and moved to outside linebackers coach in 2020.[198]

Brian was hired to the Patriots' front office as a scouting assistant in 2016,[199] served as a coaching assistant from 2017 to 2019, and was promoted to safeties coach prior to the 2020 season.[200]

Declined Presidential Medal of Freedom

On January 10, 2021, Politico reported then-President Donald Trump planned to award Belichick the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[201] Belichick indicated that he was flattered to be considered for the honor, but declined the award in a statement issued the next day.[202] His statement referenced the January 6 United States Capitol attack, which had occurred a few days earlier, and cited his "great reverence for our nation's values, freedom and democracy" in light of that event.[203][204] A number of Massachusetts politicians, including Senator Ed Markey and Representative Jim McGovern, had previously called on him to decline after news of the award became public.[205]

Media and entertainment

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Belichick exercises extensive authority over the Patriots' football operations, effectively making him the team's de facto general manager.[1]
  2. ^ The wins in Super Bowls XXI and XXV were as a defensive coordinator

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bill, belichick, belichick, redirects, here, other, persons, with, surname, belichick, surname, william, stephen, belichick, born, april, 1952, american, football, coach, head, coach, general, manager, england, patriots, national, football, league, widely, reg. Belichick redirects here For other persons with the surname see Belichick surname William Stephen Belichick ˈ b ɛ l ɪ tʃ ɪ k ˈ b ɛ l ɪ tʃ ɛ k born April 16 1952 is an American football coach who is the head coach and general manager a of the New England Patriots of the National Football League NFL Widely regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time 2 3 4 he holds numerous coaching records including the record of most Super Bowl wins six as a head coach all with the Patriots along with two more during his time as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants for the record of eight combined total Super Bowl victories as coach and coordinator 5 Belichick is often referred to as a student of the game with a deep knowledge of the intricacies of each player position and is known as a renowned American football historian 6 7 8 9 Under his tenure with the Patriots he was a central figure as the head coach as well as the chief executive during the franchise s dynasty from 2001 to 2019 10 Bill BelichickBelichick in 2019New England PatriotsPosition Head coach a Personal informationBorn 1952 04 16 April 16 1952 age 71 Nashville Tennessee U S Career informationHigh school Annapolis Annapolis Maryland College WesleyanCareer historyAs a coach Baltimore Colts 1975 Special assistant Detroit Lions 1976 Assistant special teams Detroit Lions 1977 Receivers Denver Broncos 1978 Assistant special teams amp defensive assistant New York Giants 1979 Special teams amp defensive assistant New York Giants 1980 1984 Linebackers amp special teams New York Giants 1985 1990 Defensive coordinator Cleveland Browns 1991 1995 Head coach New England Patriots 1996 Assistant head coach amp defensive backs New York Jets 1997 1999 Assistant head coach amp defensive coordinator New England Patriots 2000 present Head coachAs an executive Cleveland Browns 1992 1995 General manager de facto New England Patriots 2000 present General manager de factoCareer highlights and awardsAs a coach8 Super Bowl champion XXI XXV XXXVI XXXVIII XXXIX XLIX LI LIII b 3 AP NFL Coach of the Year 2003 2007 2010 Maxwell Club NFL Coach of the Year 2007 NFL 2000s All Decade Team NFL 2010s All Decade Team NFL 100th Anniversary All Time Team New England Patriots All 2000s Team New England Patriots 50th Anniversary Team New England Patriots All 2010s Team New England Patriots All Dynasty TeamAs an executivePFWA Executive of the Year 2021 NFL recordsMost Super Bowl wins 8 Most Super Bowl wins as a head coach 6 Most Super Bowl appearances 12 Most Super Bowl appearances as a head coach 9 Most playoff wins as a head coach 31 Most playoff appearances as a head coach 19 tied Most divisional championships as a head coach 17Head coaching recordRegular season 300 161 651 Postseason 31 13 705 Career 331 174 655 Coaching stats at PFRExecutive profile at PFRBelichick is a descendant of the Bill Parcells coaching tree He began his coaching career in 1975 as an assistant for the Baltimore Colts and became the defensive coordinator for New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells by 1985 Parcells and Belichick won two Super Bowls together before Belichick left to become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991 He remained in Cleveland for five seasons but was fired following the team s 1995 season He rejoined Parcells first in New England where the team lost Super Bowl XXXI and later with the New York Jets After being named head coach of the Jets Belichick resigned after only one day on the job to accept the head coaching job for the New England Patriots on January 27 2000 Since then he has led the Patriots to 17 AFC East division titles 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game and nine Super Bowl appearances with a record six wins Overall Belichick has won eight Super Bowl titles the most of any individual in NFL history and finished as runner up four times from his combined time as an assistant and head coach Belichick is the NFL s longest tenured active head coach as well as the first all time in playoff coaching wins with 31 and third in regular season coaching wins in the NFL with 298 11 In addition Belichick is second place for combined regular season and postseason wins and also second place for most regular season coaching wins with one franchise 12 He is one of only three head coaches who have won six NFL titles 13 He was named the AP NFL Coach of the Year for the 2003 2007 and 2010 seasons Belichick has also been selected to the NFL 2000s All Decade Team NFL 2010s All Decade Team as well as the NFL 100th Anniversary All Time Team and is the only active head coach on the latter team Contents 1 Early life 2 Coaching career 2 1 Early coaching positions 2 2 New York Giants 1979 1990 2 3 Cleveland Browns 1991 1995 2 4 New England Patriots 1996 2 5 New York Jets 1997 1999 2 6 New England Patriots 2000 present 2 6 1 Starting Brady over Bledsoe Patriot Way first three Super Bowl wins 2001 2004 2 6 2 The perfect season Randy Moss the Manning brothers and Brady s injury 2005 2009 2 6 3 Spygate 2 6 4 Making five Super Bowls and winning three Gronkowski and We re on to Cincinnati 2010 2019 2 6 5 Brady goes to Tampa Bay Cam Newton and Mac Jones 2020 present 2 6 6 Overall record in New England 3 Head coaching record 4 Coaching tree 5 Personal life 5 1 Relationships 5 2 Children 5 3 Declined Presidential Medal of Freedom 6 Media and entertainment 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksEarly lifeBelichick was born on April 16 1952 in Nashville 14 the son of Jeannette Munn and Steve Belichick born Stephen Bilicic 15 Bill was named after College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Edwards who was his godfather 16 Belichick is of Croatian ancestry 17 and his paternal grandparents Ivan Bilicic and Marija Mary Barkovic emigrated from the Croatian village of Draganic Karlovac in 1897 settling in Monessen Pennsylvania 18 He was raised in Annapolis Maryland 19 where his father was an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy Belichick has said his father is one of his most important football mentors and Belichick often studied football with him 20 Bill reportedly learned to break down game films at a young age by watching his father and the Navy staff do their jobs 21 He graduated from Annapolis High School in 1970 with classmate Sally Brice O Hara 22 23 While there he played football and lacrosse with the latter being his favorite sport 24 He enrolled at Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts for a postgraduate year with the intention of improving his grades and test scores to be admitted into a quality college 25 The school honored him 40 years later by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011 26 Belichick attended Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut where he played center and tight end In addition to being a member of the football team he played lacrosse and squash serving as the captain of the lacrosse team during his senior season A member of Chi Psi fraternity 27 he earned a bachelor s degree in economics in 1975 28 Eventually he was part of the inaugural induction class into the university s Athletics Hall of Fame in spring 2008 29 Coaching careerEarly coaching positions After graduating Belichick took a 25 per week job as an assistant to Baltimore Colts head coach Ted Marchibroda in 1975 30 In 1976 he joined the Detroit Lions as their assistant special teams coach before adding tight ends and wide receivers to his coaching duties in 1977 31 He was dismissed along with head coach Tommy Hudspeth and the rest of the coaching staff on January 9 1978 32 He spent the 1978 season with the Denver Broncos as their assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant 33 New York Giants 1979 1990 In 1979 Belichick began a 12 year stint with the New York Giants alongside head coach Ray Perkins as a defensive assistant and special teams coach 34 He added linebackers coaching to his duties in 1980 and was named defensive coordinator in 1985 under head coach Bill Parcells who had replaced Perkins in 1983 The Giants won Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV following the 1986 and 1990 seasons 35 36 His defensive game plan from the New York Giants 20 19 upset of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV has been placed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 37 Cleveland Browns 1991 1995 From 1991 until 1995 Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns During his tenure in Cleveland he compiled a 36 44 record leading the team to the playoffs in 1994 his only winning year with the team 38 Coincidentally his one playoff victory during his Browns tenure was achieved against the New England Patriots who were coached by former Giants head coach Bill Parcells in the Wild Card Round during that postseason 39 In Belichick s last season in Cleveland the Browns finished 5 11 despite starting 3 1 40 One of his most controversial moves was cutting quarterback Bernie Kosar midway through the 1993 season Kosar was signed by the Dallas Cowboys two days later and won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII as a backup In November 1995 in the middle of the ongoing football season Browns owner Art Modell had announced he would move his franchise to Baltimore after the season 41 After first being given assurances that he would coach the new team that would later become the Baltimore Ravens Belichick was instead fired on February 14 1996 one week after the shift was officially announced 42 New England Patriots 1996 After his dismissal by the Cleveland Browns Belichick served under Parcells again as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach with the Patriots for the 1996 season The Patriots finished with an 11 5 record and won the AFC Championship over the Jacksonville Jaguars but they lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI amid rumors of Parcells s impending defection 43 44 New York Jets 1997 1999 Belichick had two stints as the head coach of the New York Jets without ever coaching a game In February 1997 Belichick who had been an assistant coach under Bill Parcells with the New York Giants and New England Patriots was named the Jets interim head coach while the Jets and Patriots continued to negotiate compensation to release Parcells from his contract with the Patriots and allow Parcells to coach the Jets 45 Six days later the Patriots and Jets reached an agreement that allowed Parcells to coach the Jets and Belichick became the team s assistant head coach and defensive coordinator 46 When Parcells stepped down as head coach after the 1999 season he had already arranged with team management to have Belichick succeed him However Belichick was the New York Jets head coach for only one day On January 4 2000 when Belichick was introduced as head coach to the media the day after his hiring was publicized he turned it into a surprise resignation announcement Before taking the podium he scrawled a resignation note on a napkin that read in its entirety I resign as HC of the NYJ He then delivered a half hour speech explaining his resignation to the assembled press corps 47 Soon after this bizarre turn of events he was introduced as the Patriots 12th full time head coach succeeding the recently fired Pete Carroll 48 The Patriots had inquired to the Jets about permission to interview him for their vacant spot at head coach just prior to Parcells stepping down 49 Parcells and the Jets claimed that Belichick was still under contract to the Jets and demanded compensation from the Patriots NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue agreed and the Patriots gave the Jets a first round draft pick in 2000 in exchange for the right to hire Belichick 50 New England Patriots 2000 present Soon after hiring Belichick owner Robert Kraft gave him near complete control over the team s football operations making him the de facto general manager as well Until 2009 Belichick split many of the duties normally held by a general manager on other clubs with player personnel director Scott Pioli though Belichick had the final say on football matters 51 Pioli left for the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2008 season 52 The Patriots went 5 11 in the 2000 regular season and missed the playoffs 53 Starting Brady over Bledsoe Patriot Way first three Super Bowl wins 2001 2004 In 2001 the Patriots went 11 5 in the regular season and defeated the Oakland Raiders in the Tuck Rule Game and Pittsburgh Steelers on the way to the Super Bowl 54 55 In Super Bowl XXXVI Belichick s defense held the St Louis Rams offense which had averaged 31 points during the season to 17 points and the Patriots won on a last second field goal by Adam Vinatieri 56 The win was the first Super Bowl championship in Patriots history 57 The following season 2002 the first in Gillette Stadium the Patriots went 9 7 and missed the playoffs 58 New England finished with the same record as the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins but the Jets won the AFC East title as a result of the third tiebreaker record among common opponents 59 nbsp Belichick right at the Patriots visit to the White House in 2004The Patriots 2003 season started with a 31 0 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 a few days after they released team defensive captain Lawyer Milloy 60 61 However they dominated through the remainder of the season to finish 14 2 setting a new franchise record for wins in a season 62 In the final week of the regular season the Patriots avenged their loss to the Bills by the same 31 0 score 63 They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round Playing against the Indianapolis Colts and Co MVP Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship Steve McNair of the Titans was also Co MVP the Patriots recorded four interceptions and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVIII where they defeated the Carolina Panthers 32 29 on a late Adam Vinatieri field goal 64 65 Belichick was awarded the NFL Coach of the Year Award In 2004 the Patriots once again finished with a 14 2 record and they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional Round 66 67 They opened the season at 6 0 which combined with the 15 straight wins to end the previous season gave New England 21 consecutive victories to break the record for most wins in a row formerly held by the Miami Dolphins with 18 straight victories in the 1972 and 1973 seasons They defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship In Super Bowl XXXIX the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles and became only the second team to win three Super Bowls in four years 68 69 Belichick is the only coach to accomplish the feat as the Dallas Cowboys had two head coaches in the stretch they won three of four from 1992 to 1995 The perfect season Randy Moss the Manning brothers and Brady s injury 2005 2009 With a new defensive coordinator in Eric Mangini and no named offensive coordinator the Patriots went 10 6 in the 2005 season and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round before losing to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round 70 71 72 Earlier with a season opening win over the Oakland Raiders Belichick notched his 54th win with the Patriots passing Mike Holovak as the winningest coach in Patriots history The Patriots finished with a 12 4 record in the 2006 season and defeated the New York Jets by a score of 37 16 in the Wild Card Round 73 74 They then beat the San Diego Chargers the next week in the Divisional Round before losing to the eventual Super Bowl XLI winner Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship by a score of 38 34 75 76 The Patriots led 21 3 mid way during the second quarter but the Colts mounted one of the great comebacks in playoff history 77 nbsp Belichick during an August 28 2009 preseason game against the Washington RedskinsIn 2007 Belichick led the Patriots to the first perfect regular season since the introduction of the 16 game regular season schedule in 1978 only the fourth team to do so in National Football League history after the 1934 78 and 1942 Chicago Bears 79 and 1972 Miami Dolphins In the Divisional Round of the playoffs they defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 31 20 In the AFC Championship the Patriots defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 21 12 The Patriots were upset in Super Bowl XLII by the New York Giants his former team due to the defense allowing a famous play to David Tyree near the end of regulation 80 The Patriots failure to attain a perfect season undefeated and untied including playoffs preserved the Miami Dolphins as the sole team to do so having finished their 1972 regular season at 14 0 and having won three games in the playoffs Only two other teams in professional football have recorded a perfect season the 1948 Cleveland Browns 14 0 of the then All America Football Conference and the 1948 Calgary Stampeders 12 0 of the Canadian Football League No team in the former American Football League had a perfect season In the Patriots 2008 season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Tom Brady sustained a season ending injury in the first quarter 81 Backup quarterback Matt Cassel was named the starter for the remainder of the season However with a win in Week 2 the Patriots broke their own record for regular season wins in a row with 21 2006 08 After losing over a dozen players to the injured reserve list including Rodney Harrison Adalius Thomas and Laurence Maroney the Patriots still managed their league leading eighth consecutive season with a winning record going 11 5 82 Nevertheless the Patriots who finished second in the AFC East missed the playoffs for the first time since 2002 losing on tiebreakers to the Miami Dolphins who won the division on the fourth tiebreaker better conference record and the Baltimore Ravens who beat out the Patriots for the last playoff spot due to a better conference record 83 The 1985 Denver Broncos are the only other 11 win team to miss the playoffs in a 16 game season 84 In 2009 with a fully healthy Tom Brady back as the starting quarterback Belichick was able to guide the Patriots to yet another AFC East division title with a 10 6 record 85 However the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round 86 Spygate Main article Spygate NFL In an incident dubbed Spygate 87 on September 9 2007 NFL security caught a Patriots video assistant taping the New York Jets defensive signals from the sidelines which is not an approved location The NFL rules state No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches booth on the field or in the locker room during the game Jets coach Eric Mangini a former Patriots assistant tipped off league officials that the Patriots might have been filming their signals After the game the Jets formally complained to the league On September 13 the NFL fined Belichick 500 000 the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league s 87 year history 88 and fined the Patriots 250 000 Additionally the Patriots forfeited their first round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a former employee of the Jets said that he fined the Patriots as a team because Belichick exercises so much control over the Patriots on field operations that his actions and decisions are properly attributed to the club Goodell considered suspending Belichick but decided that taking away draft picks would be more severe in the long run 89 Gary Myers New York Daily News columnist stated Belichick should have been suspended by Goodell for the Patriots next game against the Jets 90 Belichick later issued the following statement I accept full responsibility for the actions that led to tonight s ruling Once again I apologize to the Kraft family and every person directly or indirectly associated with the New England Patriots for the embarrassment distraction and penalty my mistake caused I also apologize to Patriots fans and would like to thank them for their support during the past few days and throughout my career As the Commissioner acknowledged our use of sideline video had no impact on the outcome of last week s game We have never used sideline video to obtain a competitive advantage while the game was in progress Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them My interpretation of a rule in the Constitution and Bylaws was incorrect With tonight s resolution I will not be offering any further comments on this matter We are moving on with our preparations for Sunday s game The sanctions against Belichick were the harshest imposed on a head coach in league history until the New Orleans Saints Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season for covering up a scheme in which bounties were paid for deliberately knocking opponents out of games Following the incident and its fallout Belichick led the Patriots to a perfect 16 0 regular season record and was awarded the 2007 NFL Coach of the Year Award as voted on by the Associated Press 91 Making five Super Bowls and winning three Gronkowski and We re on to Cincinnati 2010 2019 In the 2010 season Belichick and the Patriots finished with a 14 2 record for the top seed in the AFC 92 However their postseason ended quickly with a 28 21 loss to the New York Jets in the divisional round 93 In the 2011 season the Patriots topped the AFC with a 13 3 record 94 Following a victory over the Denver Broncos in the divisional round the Patriots won the AFC Championship game beating the Baltimore Ravens 23 20 when the Ravens failed to score a touchdown and Baltimore s kicker Billy Cundiff missed a routine 32 yard field goal attempt to tie the game and send it into overtime 95 96 This sent New England to their fifth Super Bowl under Belichick In Super Bowl XLVI the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl XLII rematch to the New York Giants by a score of 21 17 97 nbsp Belichick at the 2012 Time 100 galaOn September 26 2012 following a 31 30 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Belichick was fined 50 000 for grabbing a replacement official s arm while asking for more specific clarity on a ruling after Baltimore had narrowly converted a last second field goal attempt to secure the win 98 The Patriots finished the 2012 regular season with a 12 4 record In the divisional round of the playoffs they defeated the Houston Texans by a score of 41 28 and made it to the AFC Championship Game where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens by a score of 28 13 ending their season 99 100 Belichick s Patriots began the 2013 season with much upheaval on the offensive side of the ball with the injury of Rob Gronkowski the arrest and subsequent release of Aaron Hernandez the departures of Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos and Danny Woodhead to the San Diego Chargers in free agency and the release of Brandon Lloyd To replace them the Patriots signed Danny Amendola in free agency drafted rookies Aaron Dobson and Josh Boyce and signed undrafted rookie free agent Kenbrell Thompkins The team ended the season with a 12 4 record winning the AFC East and securing a playoff berth and a first round bye seeding second in the AFC standings 101 In the divisional round they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 43 22 102 They lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 26 16 103 In the 2014 season Belichick s Patriots started 2 2 At a mid week press conference following a 41 14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs Belichick famously uttered We re on to Cincinnati referring to the Patriots next opponent several times in response to follow up questions and criticisms of his team Brady in particular 104 Ultimately they recorded a 12 4 record for the third straight season 105 In the divisional round they defeated the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 35 31 106 In the AFC Championship Game they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 45 7 107 They reached Super Bowl XLIX where they defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 28 24 108 With his fourth championship as head coach Belichick tied Chuck Noll for most Super Bowl wins by a head coach 109 nbsp Belichick with President Barack Obama and Robert KraftIn the 2015 season Belichick s Patriots recorded a 12 4 record for the fourth straight season 110 They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round 111 In the AFC Championship Game they lost to the eventual Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos by a score of 20 18 112 In the 2016 season Belichick s Patriots recorded a 14 2 record which earned them the 1 seed for the AFC playoffs 113 In the divisional round they defeated the Houston Texans 114 In the AFC Championship Game they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 115 They reached Super Bowl LI where they defeated the Atlanta Falcons in a comeback victory by a score of 34 28 in overtime 116 The Patriots were down 28 3 at one point in the third quarter 117 With the victory Belichick won his record fifth Super Bowl title as a head coach 118 In the 2017 season Belichick s Patriots went 13 3 setting an NFL record eighth consecutive 12 or more win seasons capturing their ninth consecutive AFC East title and their 15th of the last 17 seasons They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round by a score of 35 14 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 24 20 claiming their second consecutive AFC title while also extending their record of consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances with seven 119 120 Super Bowl LII was Belichick s eighth title game as head coach and his eleventh overall in any capacity which was also the Patriots tenth appearance all extending NFL records The Ringer wrote that Belichick s team is different from many of New England s famous teams from the previous decade The first iteration of the Patriots dynasty relied on defense This year they are 29th in yards allowed though fifth in points allowed and instead have perfected the art of situational football The latter Patriots teams have been noted for mounting late comebacks in playoff games 121 122 However the Patriots fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII 41 33 as Eagles quarterback Nick Foles repeated his dominant NFC Championship Game performance and led Philadelphia to victory in a high scoring game The Patriots were down early as they had been in most of their Super Bowl wins However they could not make a comeback this time although they came very close Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham strip sacked Tom Brady to get the ball back with about 2 minutes to go in the 4th quarter The Patriots did get the ball again before the end of the game but they ran out of time to score 123 In the 2018 season Belichick s Patriots went 11 5 failing to win 12 or more games for the first time since 2009 Despite this the Patriots still captured their 10th consecutive AFC East title and their 16th of the last 18 years They defeated the Los Angeles Chargers in the divisional round by a score of 41 28 and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game 37 31 in a tough overtime game in Kansas City to advance to their third straight Super Bowl 124 125 In Super Bowl LIII the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13 3 to give Belichick his sixth Super Bowl championship as a head coach and his eighth overall to have the most Super Bowl rings in NFL history His six championships matched both George Halas and Curly Lambeau for most championships as a head coach The Patriots defense held the high scoring Rams offense to 260 total yards 126 127 On May 13 2019 Belichick announced that he would assume another role as the Patriots defensive coordinator starting the 2019 season 128 On October 27 2019 with the Patriots win over the Cleveland Browns Belichick obtained his 300th win regular and postseason combined as a head coach 129 The Patriots finished the 2019 regular season with a 12 4 record winning their 11th consecutive AFC East title 130 They were defeated in the wild card round of the playoffs by the Tennessee Titans led by former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel by the final score of 20 13 131 Brady goes to Tampa Bay Cam Newton and Mac Jones 2020 present Following the departure of Tom Brady to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Belichick and the Patriots were faced with an uncertain quarterback situation for the first time in nearly two decades 132 During the offseason the Patriots signed former Carolina Panthers starter Cam Newton for the 2020 NFL season 133 The off season routines and schedules as well as the normal processes of regular season were severely disrupted by the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic Despite the unanticipated difficulties and challenges of the pandemic the Patriots were in the hunt for a playoff spot until late in the season ultimately finishing 7 9 2020 was Belichick s first losing season since his first year in New England 134 In the 2021 NFL Draft the Patriots selected quarterback Mac Jones with the 15th overall pick 135 After Jones and Newton competed for the starting job during the preseason Belichick made the decision to release Newton and name Jones the starter for the upcoming season 136 137 In week 4 of that season Brady s Buccaneers visited the Patriots in his first trip to Gillette Stadium since signing with the Patriots A missed 56 yard field goal by Patriots kicker Nick Folk allowed Tampa Bay to narrowly escape with a 19 17 victory 138 Immediately after the game Brady and Belichick shared a quick embrace on the field before Brady greeted his former teammates and other members of the Patriots organization 139 Though fans criticized Belichick for his lack of warmth displayed towards his former quarterback the two privately spoke at length in the Buccaneers locker room following the match 140 Belichick helped lead the Patriots to a 10 7 record in 2021 The team fell to the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card Round 141 In the 2022 season despite starting quarterback Mac Jones being injured in Week 3 and subsequently missing three more weeks the Patriots remained in the hunt for a playoff spot until the last week finishing with a record of 8 9 142 143 In Week 4 of the 2023 season the Patriots lost to the Dallas Cowboys 38 3 In doing so Belichick suffered the worst loss of his coaching career 35 points 144 The following week the Patriots lost to the Saints 34 0 giving Belichick his worst home loss of his career 145 In Week 7 New England upset the Buffalo Bills 29 25 to earn Belichick his 300th career regular season win as an NFL head coach 146 Overall record in New England Under Belichick the Patriots have a regular season record of 262 108 0 over 23 seasons 147 Belichick is far and away the most successful coach in Patriots history his 262 wins with the franchise are more than quadruple those of runner up Mike Holovak Belichick has also compiled a 30 12 record in the playoffs with New England including a 6 3 record in Super Bowls He has led the Patriots to 17 divisional titles including five consecutive titles from 2003 to 2007 and eleven consecutive titles from 2009 to 2019 This streak of eleven consecutive playoff appearances is the most in NFL history for any team 148 Head coaching recordTeam Year Regular season PostseasonWon Lost Ties Win Finish Won Lost Win ResultCLE 1991 6 10 0 375 3rd in AFC Central CLE 1992 7 9 0 438 3rd in AFC Central CLE 1993 7 9 0 438 3rd in AFC Central CLE 1994 11 5 0 688 2nd in AFC Central 1 1 500 Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Divisional GameCLE 1995 5 11 0 313 4th in AFC Central CLE total 36 44 0 450 1 1 500NE 2000 5 11 0 313 5th in AFC East NE 2001 11 5 0 688 1st in AFC East 3 0 1 000 Super Bowl XXXVI championsNE 2002 9 7 0 563 2nd in AFC East NE 2003 14 2 0 875 1st in AFC East 3 0 1 000 Super Bowl XXXVIII championsNE 2004 14 2 0 875 1st in AFC East 3 0 1 000 Super Bowl XXXIX championsNE 2005 10 6 0 625 1st in AFC East 1 1 500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Divisional GameNE 2006 12 4 0 750 1st in AFC East 2 1 667 Lost to Indianapolis Colts in AFC Championship GameNE 2007 16 0 0 1 000 1st in AFC East 2 1 667 Lost to New York Giants in Super Bowl XLIINE 2008 11 5 0 688 2nd in AFC East NE 2009 10 6 0 625 1st in AFC East 0 1 000 Lost to Baltimore Ravens in AFC Wild Card GameNE 2010 14 2 0 875 1st in AFC East 0 1 000 Lost to New York Jets in AFC Divisional GameNE 2011 13 3 0 813 1st in AFC East 2 1 667 Lost to New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVINE 2012 12 4 0 750 1st in AFC East 1 1 500 Lost to Baltimore Ravens in AFC Championship GameNE 2013 12 4 0 750 1st in AFC East 1 1 500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship GameNE 2014 12 4 0 750 1st in AFC East 3 0 1 000 Super Bowl XLIX championsNE 2015 12 4 0 750 1st in AFC East 1 1 500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship GameNE 2016 14 2 0 875 1st in AFC East 3 0 1 000 Super Bowl LI championsNE 2017 13 3 0 813 1st in AFC East 2 1 667 Lost to Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIINE 2018 11 5 0 688 1st in AFC East 3 0 1 000 Super Bowl LIII championsNE 2019 12 4 0 750 1st in AFC East 0 1 000 Lost to Tennessee Titans in AFC Wild Card GameNE 2020 7 9 0 438 3rd in AFC East NE 2021 10 7 0 588 2nd in AFC East 0 1 000 Lost to Buffalo Bills in AFC Wild Card GameNE 2022 8 9 0 471 3rd in AFC East NE 2023 2 9 0 182 NE total 264 117 0 693 30 12 714Total 300 161 0 651 31 13 705Coaching record accurate as of final week of the 2022 NFL season 149 Coaching treeBill Belichick has worked under six head coaches Ted Marchibroda Baltimore Colts 1975 150 Rick Forzano Detroit Lions 1976 151 Tommy Hudspeth Detroit Lions 1976 1977 152 Red Miller Denver Broncos 1978 153 Ray Perkins New York Giants 1979 1982 154 Bill Parcells New York Giants 1983 1990 New England Patriots 1996 New York Jets 1997 1999 155 Twenty of Belichick s assistant coaches have become NFL or NCAA head coaches not including interim tenures Rod Dowhower Vanderbilt 1995 1996 156 Nick Saban Michigan State 1995 1999 LSU 2001 2004 Miami Dolphins 2005 2006 Alabama 2007 present 157 Pat Hill Fresno State 1997 2011 158 Woody Widenhofer Vanderbilt 1997 2001 159 Kirk Ferentz Iowa 1999 present 160 Al Groh New York Jets 2000 Virginia 2001 2009 161 Romeo Crennel Cleveland Browns 2005 2008 Kansas City Chiefs 2011 2012 162 Charlie Weis Notre Dame 2005 2009 Kansas 2012 2014 163 Eric Mangini New York Jets 2006 2008 Cleveland Browns 2009 2010 164 Josh McDaniels Denver Broncos 2009 2010 Las Vegas Raiders 2022 2023 165 Jim Schwartz Detroit Lions 2009 2013 166 Dewayne Walker New Mexico State 2009 2013 167 Pete Mangurian Columbia 2012 2014 168 Bill O Brien Penn State 2012 2013 Houston Texans 2014 2020 169 Matt Patricia Detroit Lions 2018 2020 170 Brian Flores Miami Dolphins 2019 2021 171 Joe Judge New York Giants 2020 2021 172 Bret Bielema Illinois 2021 present 173 Jedd Fisch Arizona 2021 present 174 Brian Daboll New York Giants 2022 present 175 Three of Belichick s former players have become NFL or NCAA head coaches Kliff Kingsbury Texas Tech 2013 2018 Arizona Cardinals 2019 2022 176 Mike Vrabel Tennessee Titans 2018 present 177 Kevin O Connell Minnesota Vikings 2022 present 178 During the offseason Belichick visits other football programs to learn from their experiences For example he has studied the Navy run offense sought Bill Walsh in past years to understand more about the San Francisco 49ers as an organization and the West Coast offense as a system 179 and spent time with Jimmy Johnson to learn about drafting and contract negotiations 180 The track record of Belichick s coaching tree has been characterized as poor Former assistant coaches under Belichick had a combined 208 296 1 413 record as head coaches of their own teams through November 28 2020 and a number of them ended their brief tenures as head coaches by being fired midseason 181 As of the end of the 2020 season the only members of this coaching tree to have career NFL head coaching records above 500 were former coaches Groh 9 7 and O Brien 52 48 during season 2 4 in playoffs and current coach Vrabel 29 19 during season 2 2 in playoffs 182 Personal lifeNick Saban and Belichick are good friends In 2007 When Belichick spoke about their relationship he said Two successful Croats in the same division of NFL You must admit you don t see that every day 183 In May 2018 President Donald Trump appointed Belichick to be a member of his Council on Sports Fitness amp Nutrition 184 Belichick has an Alaskan Klee Kai dog named Nike 185 Interest in the breed surged after Nike made an appearance on camera during the 2020 NFL Draft 186 Relationships Belichick married businesswoman Debby Clarke in 1977 but they divorced in the summer of 2006 187 188 The couple have three children They allegedly separated before the 2004 season which was disclosed by the Patriots in July 2005 Belichick was also accused of maintaining a relationship with former Giants receptionist Sharon Shenocca which helped precipitate her divorce 189 Starting in 2007 Belichick was in a relationship with Linda Holliday who was the executive director of the Bill Belichick Foundation 190 191 The relationship ended in 2023 Children He has three children with Debby Clarke Belichick Amanda Stephen and Brian Amanda is a 2007 graduate of Wesleyan University where she like her father played lacrosse After college she worked at Connecticut preparatory school Choate Rosemary Hall as a lacrosse coach and in the admissions department In 2009 she became an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts Amherst women s lacrosse team 192 before joining the Ohio State Buckeyes in the same position the next year 193 After serving as interim head women s lacrosse coach at Wesleyan 194 she was named head women s lacrosse coach at Holy Cross College in Massachusetts in July 2015 195 Stephen played lacrosse and football at Rutgers University on scholarship He was hired as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots in May 2012 196 was promoted to safeties coach in 2016 197 and moved to outside linebackers coach in 2020 198 Brian was hired to the Patriots front office as a scouting assistant in 2016 199 served as a coaching assistant from 2017 to 2019 and was promoted to safeties coach prior to the 2020 season 200 Declined Presidential Medal of Freedom On January 10 2021 Politico reported then President Donald Trump planned to award Belichick the Presidential Medal of Freedom 201 Belichick indicated that he was flattered to be considered for the honor but declined the award in a statement issued the next day 202 His statement referenced the January 6 United States Capitol attack which had occurred a few days earlier and cited his great reverence for our nation s values freedom and democracy in light of that event 203 204 A number of Massachusetts politicians including Senator Ed Markey and Representative Jim McGovern had previously called on him to decline after news of the award became public 205 Media and entertainmentThe Belichick Plaza at Wesleyan University formerly Warren Street lobby was dedicated in recognition of the leadership and generosity of Belichick 206 A Song of Ice and Fire author George R R Martin 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