Bill Belichick

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Recent Role:
Himself on PGA Tour
Gender:
Male
Born:
4-16-1952
Birthplace:
Nashville, Tennessee
Birth Name:
William Stephen Belichick

If you're a Patriots fan, thank Robert Kraft.If it wasn't for Robert Kraft, you would not have Bill Belichick as your Head Coach. If you didn't have Belichick, there would be no Super Bowls trophies residing in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Belichick is widely regarded as not only the best defensive mind in the NFL today, but also the best Head Coach.
Bill's career as an NFL coach or assistant spans 30 years. As a defensive coordinator, his high-water mark was with the staff of Bill Parcells's Giants of the 1980s. Among his charges was 1986 league MVP Lawrence Taylor. The Giants

More intimidated all comers in 1986, bringing "Big Blue" victory in Super Bowl XXI.
After two Super Bowl wins, he became the NFL's youngest head coach, taking over a Cleveland team that had fallen on hard times. He struggled early in his career as the head man, where his career record as coach of the Cleveland Browns was 36-44 (1991-95). In 1996, he went back to be with his mentor, Bill Parcells, to become the Defensive Coordinator for the Patriots, the same capacity he was in when Parcells coached the New York Giants to Super Bowl wins over the Broncos and Bills (read: Scott Norwood). When Parcells left to coach the New York Jets, he took Belichick with him. The pair spent the years 1997-99 in Hempstead, Long Island (the Jets' headquarters). For a team that had gone 1-15 in 1996, Parcells was God, and Belichick was the Holy Spirit. The Jets finally won their AFC East title in 1998 and got to within one game of the Super Bowl.
Following a disappointing 1999 season, Bill Parcells stepped down as Jets' coach. Belichick opted to become top dog with New England. Since becoming the Patriots Head Coach, Belichick is 53-27,with 3 Super Bowl wins and three AFC Championships. Along the way, Bill won 21 straight games, traded away Drew Bledsoe and Terry Glenn, gave a draft choice to the Bengals for prized running back Corey Dillon, and found himself a franchise QB in Tom Brady.

Don't forget to thank Robert Kraft, you Pats fans.

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    Great football coach but a jerk as a human! hide show

    Bill Belichick will go down as a great football coach but as a human being if you saw in interviews and most of all that one second left in Super Bowl XLII where he and the team walked off the field as a bunch of sore losers. As not one of his players went to congraulate the winners, the NY Giants. Plus, the spygate incident that will haunt him probably for the rest of his life. And that he really is a jerk as a human. Sorry if I offend any fans of his but doubt that he does have any fans since he got caught cheating and is a sore loser.

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    Best coach in the NFL hide show

    I remember when the Patriots hired Bill Belichick...I was nervous because all the talk was about how poorly he coached the Browns. Cleveland fans would call into the local sports radio station and laugh, saying we were in for a lot of trouble and the Patriots would be going downhill. Looking back, I wonder if those same Cleveland fans remember what they said, and wish they had Belichick coaching their team (instead of one of his former assistants). Make no mistake about it - I know Belichick would NOT be as successful without Tom Brady. But no one prepares his players for games, or can scheme an opposing team or player, like Belichick. He has an amazing memory for plays and tendencies, and uses that to his advantage. Bill Parcells, in my opinion, would never have won his Super Bowls with the Giants if it were not for Belichick. So I feel that Belichick is without a doubt one of the best ever to coach in the NFL, and he will absolutely be in the Hall of Fame one day.

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    An amazing football coach. hide show

    Bill Belichick deserves so much admiration and respect in the world of professional football. His talent surpasses any of his colleagues in the League today, and he stands in a hall of greatness compared only to Lombardi and few others. He only needed the opportunity given to him by Robert Kraft and the talent to work with in the form of Tom Brady to turn the New England Patriots into the dynasty that they are. Each coach that works under him aspires to greatness in his shadow, thinking they can go on to lead in his same fashion, but no one can ever duplicate the magic that is Bill Belichick.

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