Bill Belichick is an American football coach who is the current head coach and de facto general manager of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).
Bill Belichick is considered one of best coaches in NFL history, showing an early aptitude for the game of football, a trait he no doubt inherited from his father, a longtime assistant coach and college football scout.
Belichick got his start in 1975 when he took a job with the Baltimore Colts. By the 1980s, he was the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants and touted as one of the brightest minds in the game.
After a rocky stint as head coach of the Cleveland Browns in the early 1990s, the New England Patriots hired Bill in 2000. In the ensuing years Bill guided the franchise to eight Super Bowl victories.
Bill Belichick age: How old is Bill Belichick?
Bill Belichick was born William Stephen Belichick on April 16,1952, in Nashville, Tennessee, which means he is 71 years old as of 2023.
He grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, with mother Jeannette and father Steve, who worked as an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy; Bill’s godfather is Bill Edwards, a College Football Hall of Fame coach.
Belichick studied the way his father dissected game film and drew up plays, and often accompanied Steve to coaches meetings. By his early teens, Bill was a regular part of the team’s practices and was well-versed in the game’s schemes and formations.
Belichick attended Annapolis High School, where he was a member of the football and lacrosse teams. He graduated in 1970, then attended Massachusetts’ Phillips Academy for a postgraduate year, improving his test scores and grades enough to get into Wesleyan University.
At Wesleyan, Bill played tight end and center on the football team and was the captain of the lacrosse team; he also played squash and joined the Chi Psi fraternity. In 1975, Belichick graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
Bill Belichick net worth: How much is Bill Belichick worth?
Bill Belichick’s net worth is estimated to be around $70 million as of 2023.
Bill Belichick wife: Who is Bill Belichick married to?
Bill Belichick is not married currently. He was married to Debby Clarke Belichick from 1977 to 2006.
Hs wife alleged that Bill had an affair with Patriots’ receptionist Sharon Shenocca, which led to the divorce.
He was in a relationship with Linda Holliday from 2007 to 2023.
Bill Belichick children: How many children does Bill Belichick have?
Bill Belichick has three children with his ex-wife Debby Clarke Belichick. Their names are Stephen, Amanda and Brian Belichick. They are all involved in sports coaching, following their father’s footsteps.
Amanda is Bill’s eldest child and only daughter. She was born in 1984. According to her LinkedIn, she graduated in 2007 from Wesleyan University, where she earned a degree in history.
Amanda was a lacrosse coach at her alma mater before being named the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at the College of the Holy Cross in 2015.
Stephen “Steve” is Bill’s older son and second child. He was born in March 1987, two months after his dad’s first Super Bowl win as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants.
Steve attended Rutgers University, where he played lacrosse for four years. According to his biography on the Patriots’ website, Steve walked on to the football team at Rutgers “as a long snapper to help in preparations for a career in coaching.”
Bill’s older son joined the Patriots’ coaching staff in 2012 as a coaching assistant and was promoted to safeties coach in 2016. Steve transitioned to coaching the outside linebackers in 2020.
Brian Belichick is the youngest of Bill’s children. In 2016, he graduated from Trinity College, where he studied anthropology and played for the Bantam lacrosse team, per his Patriots’ biography.
Brian became a scouting assistant for the Patriots in 2016. He was promoted to coaching assistant the following year, where he joined his older brother Steve on the coaching staff. Discussing his brother’s promotion with The Providence Journal in 2018, Steve admitted “it’s definitely been different.”
Who are Bill Belichick parents?
He is the son of Jeannette (née Munn) and Steve Belichick. He was named after College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Edwards, who was his godfather.
He is of Croatian ancestry; his paternal grandparents, Marija Barković and Ivan Biličić, emigrated from Draganić in 1897 and settled in Monessen, Pennsylvania, having changed their names to Mary and John Belichick at the suggestion of immigration officers.
Bill Belichick siblings
Bill Belichick was not known to be an only child, however, details about his siblings are unclear.
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