The Giants and Titans fired their head coaches earlier in the campaign, but other teams are sure to join them on the market by the end of the season. At least five more jobs could open up, Josina Anderson of The Exhibit reports.
While it’s unclear which clubs will dismiss their head coaches in the coming weeks, it appears Bill Belichick‘s status will be worth monitoring for some of those openings.
The North Carolina head coach emphatically denied interest in an NFL return earlier this month. Nevertheless, a report stating at least one NFL team was doing homework on Belichick surfaced shortly after that.
Now, according to Anderson, there are “at least” two teams that are expected to have interest in Belichick. A third could join the fray, per Anderson, who hears that may depend on the team’s ownership making “one specific personnel change.”
Belichick, who’s in his first season at the college level, won’t lead the Tar Heels to a bowl game this year. UNC is guaranteed to finish under .500 after falling to 4-7 with a loss to Duke last week. That’s surely not what Belichick or the school had in mind when they finalized a five-year, $50MM deal last January. The Tar Heels’ season (and potentially Belichick’s tenure as their coach) will end against North Carolina State on Saturday.
Although Belichick has not carried his professional success to the college ranks, there are still NFL owners who have a “deep respect” for the 73-year-old, Anderson notes. Considering Belichick ranks first among head coaches in Super Bowl victories (six) and third in regular-season wins (302), that’s not a surprise.
Belichick nearly landed the Falcons’ head coaching job in January 2024, but they instead chose Raheem Morris. The former Browns and Patriots HC went on to express interest in multiple openings last winter before committing to UNC. No reported interviews took place then, though perhaps he’ll encounter more serious interest during the upcoming hiring cycle.
Bill Belichick coaching The Giants would be the ultimate irony
With Belichick preferring to hire people he’s worked with before and McDaniels doing well in New England, the most logical person to be offensive coordinator for Belichick if he returns to the league is… Brian Daboll.
Don’t forget Joe Judge and Matt Patricia
Patricia’s stock is up given how he’s done at Ohio State. I don’t know if he’d actually want to re-team with Belichick.
Amazing BB didn’t get any offers last year
Not really. Never won without Brady and wants to much control
TB is the GOAT
but BB went 11-5 with matt cassell and went to the playoffs with rookie mac jones
the guy can coach
6 SB rings and 0 offers was a shocker
tms probly worried he’s too old
That was so long ago. Teams would be crazy to give him any control of personnel after his last two years at New England and now add his side-show girlfriend to the mix. No fan base deserves that…
Mike Lombardi’s PR machine out in full force.
Note to reporters: stop taking his calls/texts/sexts.
I could see the morons in charge of the Raiders go from one really old guy to another. Please Mark, don’t do it.
I think their minority owner might object to Belechick.
I don’t know that I see Brady wanting to hire BB considering how that breakup went. He has more pull there than anyone wants to admit.
Not going to happen. Brady clearly hates him.
Complete BS. More of ahole bellichiks media kiss ups trying to keep anyone interested in this has been loser.
Oh let’s bring the bill and Jordan circus to town.
Good luck going 5-12 and him leaving your team not talent with his horrible drafting when he is gone! Any owner to hire him is a moron.
Think the game has advanced more than he has adapted. He has not won anything significant without Tom. He had lackey he always brings and they too are not evolving.
FAKE NEWS!!!
That video of The Hood at Jordon’s adult cheerleading competition might be the most miserable we’ve ever him. Can’t really blame him for desperately trying to get back into the league after that.
Belichick would have had a legit chance getting hired this cycle had he skipped North Carolina, stayed active in covering the NFL through the media, and quit his Sugar Daddy role. But he didn’t do those things and instead boarded the SS Dumpster Fire and saw his reputation go down with the ship. From legendary coach to punch line in one year.
Irony would be when McDummy in Buffalo gets canned, he ends up the Bills and he gets his opportunity to stick it to Kraft.
Big, if true. Hope it’s big and true.
My good friend arty! is going to go ballistic if Belichick returns to the NFL…lol
Sounds made up. If they weren’t going to do it when he was a year younger and all the crazy s*** hadn’t already come out about his caretaker/girlfriend/babysitter, what changed since then other than him having worse teams than he had at the end in New England? Sounds like somebody is fishing for a job that’s not going to happen.