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It doesn’t appear that Bill Belichick will be on an NFL sideline in 2024, but the quarterback he won six Super Bowls with would be surprised if he decided to call it a career.
Tom Brady believes that his former head coach with the Patriots for 20 seasons still wants to coach, even if he might be out of the game for the 2024 season.
“I think the fire burns with him,” Brady said in an interview on Tuesday’s “The Herd.” “He loves the sport, he loves the preparation. He’s been doing it for decades and in my mind, there’s nobody better than him at it. Whoever gets him at some point is going to have, in my opinion, the greatest coach ever. I know he’s as competitive as can be, and he wants to be out there winning football games as a head coach.”
Belichick’s inability to land a head-coaching gig this offseason has been one of the more surprising developments of the coaching carousel. After he parted ways with the Patriots on Jan. 11, Belichick had two interviews with the Falcons and was believed to be the front-runner to land that job.
However, the Falcons opted to name Raheem Morris their next head coach on Thursday. Atlanta’s decision leaves Belichick without a clear landing spot as the Falcons were the only team he interviewed with this offseason. The Commanders and Seahawks still have head-coaching vacancies, but Belichick doesn’t appear to be a candidate for either job.
Despite winning six Super Bowls, the Patriots opted to move on from Belichick as the team struggled in the four seasons after Brady left in 2020. They had three losing seasons in four years, making the playoffs in 2021 before falling to 4-13 in 2023. Belichick, who’ll be 73 by the start of the 2025 season, is 14 wins from tying Don Shula for the most wins by a head coach in NFL history (regular season and postseason combined).
As the Patriots faltered in the seasons after Brady’s departure, the quarterback found immediate success at his new home. He led the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title and…
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