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Bill Belichick
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William Stephen Belichick (/ˈbɛlɪtʃɪk/; born April 16, 1952) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Belichick has extensive authority over the Patriots' football operations, effectively making him the general manager of the team as well.[1] He holds numerous coaching records, including winning a record five Super Bowls as a head coach.

Belichick began his coaching career in 1975, and by 1985, was the defensive coordinator for New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells. Parcells and Belichick won two Super Bowls together (XXI and XXV), before Belichick left to become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991. He remained in Cleveland for five seasons, and was fired following the team's 1995 season. Belichick then 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 in early 2000, 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, Belichick has led the Patriots to 15 AFC East division titles, 12 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and eight Super Bowl appearances. He was named the AP NFL Coach of the Year for the 2003, 2007, and 2010 seasons. His teams won Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, and LI and lost Super Bowls XLII, XLVI, and LII. Belichick's appearance in Super Bowl LII extended his record to eight Bowls as a head coach, as well as being a record eleventh participation in a Super Bowl in any capacity. This also tied him with Neal Dahlen for the most Super Bowl wins in any capacity with seven.[2] In addition, their appearance in Super Bowl LII was the Patriots' tenth, the most of any team.

Belichick is the NFL's longest-tenured active head coach, and currently third all-time in regular season coaching wins in the NFL at 251, and first in playoff coaching wins with 28.[3] He completed his 40th season as an NFL coach in 2014 and won his fifth Super Bowl as a head coach following the 2016 season, surpassing former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll as the only head coach to win five Super Bowls. He is one of only five head coaches with four or more titles in NFL history.[1] He is also the only head coach in NFL history to win three Super Bowl championships in a four-year span.[1]


Bill Belichick
Color head-and-shoulders photograph of Bill Belichick wearing a black tuxedo and black tie.
Belichick in 2017

New England Patriots (patriots colors)
(bold)Position:	Head coach

Personal information (patriots colors)
(bold)Born:	April 16, 1952 (age 66)
Nashville, Tennessee

Career information (patriots colors)
(bold)College:	Wesleyan University

Career history (patriots colors)
(bold)As coach:
(dot)Baltimore Colts (1975)
Special assistant
(dot)Detroit Lions (1976)
Assistant special teams coach
(dot)Detroit Lions (1977)
Receivers coach
(dot)Denver Broncos (1978)
Assistant special teams coach & defensive assistant
(dot)New York Giants (1979)
Special teams coach & defensive assistant
(dot)New York Giants (1980–1984)
Linebackers coach & special teams coach
(dot)New York Giants (1985–1990)
Defensive coordinator
(dot)Cleveland Browns (1991–1995)
Head coach
(dot)New England Patriots (1996)
Assistant head coach & defensive backs coach
(dot)New York Jets (1997–1999)
Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator
(dot)New England Patriots (2000–present)
Head coach

Career highlights and awards (patriots colors)

(bold)As a head coach :

(dot))5× Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI)
(dot)3× AP NFL Coach of the Year (2003, 2007, 2010)
(dot)NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
(dot)8x AFC Champion (2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017)

(bold)As a defensive coordinator:

(dot)2× Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV)

Head coaching record (patriots colors)
(bold)Regular season:	261–123 (.680)
(bold)Postseason:	28–11 (.718)
(bold)Career:	289–134 (.683)
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Coaching stats at PFR (link icon)

Contents [hide]
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)
3	Head coaching record
4	Coaching tree
5	Personal life
6	Media and entertainment
7	See also
8	Notes and references
9	Further reading
10	External links

(bold) Early life [ edit ]
(seperation line)

Belichick was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[4] the son of Jeannette (Munn) and Steve Belichick.[5] He was raised in Annapolis, Maryland,[6] where his father was an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy. Belichick has cited his father as one of his most important football mentors, and Belichick often studied football with his father.[7] He graduated from Annapolis High School in 1970 with classmate Sally Brice-O'Hara.[8] While there, he played football and lacrosse, with the latter being his favorite sport.[9] 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.[10] The school honored him 40 years later by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011.[11]

Belichick subsequently 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,[12] he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1975.[13] He would eventually be part of the inaugural induction class into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in spring 2008.[14]

(bold)Coaching career [ edit ]
(seperation line)

(bold)Early coaching positions [ edit ]

After graduating, Belichick took a $25-per-week job as an assistant to Baltimore Colts head coach Ted Marchibroda in 1975.[15] 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.[16] He spent the 1978 season with the Denver Broncos as their assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant.[17]

(bold)New York Giants (1979–1990) [ edit ]
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.[18] 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 Bowls following the 1986 and 1990 seasons.[19] His defensive game plan from the New York Giants' 20–19 upset of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV is now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[20]