Bill Belicheck

Bill Belichick

Belichick at the 2012 Time 100 gala
New England Patriots
Position:	Head coach
Personal information
Born:	(1952-04-16) April 16, 1952 (age 66) Nashville, Tennessee
Career information
College:	Wesleyan University
Career history
As coach:
Baltimore Colts (1975) Special assistant Detroit Lions (1976) Assistant special teams coach Detroit Lions (1977) Receivers coach Denver Broncos (1978) Assistant special teams coach & defensive assistant New York Giants (1979) Special teams coach & defensive assistant New York Giants (1980–1984) Linebackers coach & special teams coach New York Giants (1985–1990) Defensive coordinator Cleveland Browns (1991–1995) Head coach New England Patriots (1996) Assistant head coach & defensive backs coach New York Jets (1997–1999) Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator New England Patriots (2000–present) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach: 5× Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI) 3× AP NFL Coach of the Year (2003, 2007, 2010) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team As a defensive coordinator: 2× Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV)
Head coaching record
Regular season:	250–118 (.679)
Postseason:	28–11 (.718)
Career:	278–129 (.683)
Coaching stats at PFR

As a head coach:

As a defensive coordinator:

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. He was previously the head coach of the Cleveland Browns.

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 in Cleveland 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 (second place is Don Shula with six), as well as being a record eleventh participation in a Super Bowl in any capacity (second place is Dan Reeves). This also tied him with Neal Dahlen for the most Super Bowl wins in any capacity with seven. In addition, their appearance in Super Bowl LII was the Patriots' tenth, the most of any team.