New England Patriots part ways with legendary coach Bill Belichick.

Bill Belichick is stepping down as head coach of the New England Patriots, both he and the team announced Thursday. Belichick won an unprecedented six Super Bowls with the Patriots over his 24 seasons at the helm. James Brown has more.

Patriots staff ‘first heard of Belichick’s departure on social media.

News of Belichick’s leaving broke early Thursday before a noon announcement
Mayo was reported to be Kraft’s choice as Belichick’s successor Friday morning.

The head coach of the Patriots, who has parted ways with the team after 24 years, won six Super Bowls with a taciturn approach that rewarded performance over potential.

Belichick’s life and education.

bill Belichick was born 16 April 1952, Belichick born in Nashville, Tennessee. is an American football coach. 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 descent; his paternal grandparents, Marija Berkovic and Ivan Bilić, emigrated from Dragnik to Monessen, Pennsylvania in 1897, changing their names to Mary and John Belichick at the suggestion of immigration officials.

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.”

In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Belichick to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.

Bill Belichick has worked under six head coaches:

• Ted Marchibroda, Baltimore Colts (1975)
• Rick Forzano, Detroit Lions (1976)
• Tommy Hudspeth, Detroit Lions (1976–1977)
• Red Miller, Denver Broncos (1978)
• Ray Perkins, New York Giants (1979–1982)
• Bill Parcells, New York Giants (1983–1990)
• New England Patriots (1996)
• New York Jets (1997–1999)

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

• Rod Dowhower, Vanderbilt (1995–1996)
• Nick Saban, Michigan State (1995–1999)
• LSU (2001–2004)
• Miami Dolphins (2005–2006)
• Alabama (2007–2023)
• Pat Hill, Fresno State (1997–2011)
• Woody Widenhofer, Vanderbilt (1997–2001)
• Kirk Ferentz, Iowa (1999–present)
• Al Groh, New York Jets (2000)
• Virginia (2001–2009)
• Romeo Crennel, Cleveland Browns (2005–2008)
• Kansas City Chiefs (2011–2012)
• Charlie Weis, Notre Dame (2005–2009)
• Kansas (2012–2014)
• Eric Mangini, New York Jets (2006–2008)
• Cleveland Browns (2009–2010)
• Josh McDaniel’s, Denver Broncos (2009–2010)
• Las Vegas Raiders (2022–2023)
• Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions (2009–2013)
• Dewayne Walker, New Mexico State (2009–2013)
• Pete Mangurian, Columbia (2012–2014)
• Bill O’Brien, Penn State (2012–2013)
• Houston Texans (2014–2020)
• Matt Patricia, Detroit Lions (2018–2020)
• Brian Flores, Miami Dolphins (2019–2021)
• Joe Judge, New York Giants, (2020–2021)
• Bret Bielema, Illinois (2021–present)
• Jedd Fisch, Arizona (2021–present)
• Brian Daball, New York Giants (2022–present)
• Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots (2024-present)

It is hard to make an impression, and even harder to make history in a place as old and momentous as New England. The measuring stick is so high.

But Bill Belichick, who departed Thursday as the head coach of the New England Patriots after 24 years of unmatched dominance in America’s most popular sport, will be remembered alongside New England legends like Ted Williams, Bill Russell and Paul Revere.

Nevertheless, Belichick, whose teams won an N.F.L. record six Super Bowls with Brady as quarterback, is big enough in the Boston area that he could qualify as an honorary Kennedy.

Ben Raelson, a lifelong Patriots fan who lives in Boston, believed that Belichick’s effect on the region became almost mystical.

“Any move he made, even if we as fans initially had doubt, we were conditioned to just know that this guy, Bill Belichick, was all knowing and wise,” Raelson, 34, said on Thursday, alluding to one of Belichick’s nicknames, which is “Yoda.”

This is not a success story that anyone saw coming. On Jan. 27, 2000, nothing about Belichick’s arrival from the Jets as the new field general of the Patriots suggested that the region’s cultural identity was about to undergo a substantial makeover. The Patriots were disregarded, frequent losers. Brady was still an obscure, ex-college quarterback without a concrete job prospect in the offing.

The almost wordless Bill Belichick was the perfect poker face of the emergent Patriots movement that would dominate the once staid N.F.L. for nearly two decades. Bill Belichick was not a son of New England, although he spent summers on Nantucket as a teenager and formative years in prep school in Andover, Mass., and at Wesleyan University, but he naturally exemplified personal characteristics that those in the area, especially working-class New Englanders, might find familiar.

In New England, Bill Belichick and Brady had the last laugh and then some. After Brady returned from his four-game suspension in 2016, the Patriots advanced to the Super Bowl, and despite falling behind in the game by 25 points, rallied to win. Then, they won another Super Bowl two seasons later.

That was the last of Belichick’s crowning achievements in New England. In his final five seasons, he lost more games than he won.

But that is not how Belichick will be remembered. He leaves behind a New England landscape transformed. At the beginning of a new century, Belichick’s unforeseen revival of a downtrodden sports franchise breathed new energy into an old domain.

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