Biography

Named head coach of the Jets for 2000 following Superbowl XXXIV, but was angry because Bill Parcells was moving to the team's front office and would in effect be his puppet master; in a news conference a few days after, he was named coach, he announced his immediate resignation from the job; this brought out a lengthy tirade against Belichick from general manager Steve Gutman. In a costly trade, the New England Patriots traded numerous draft picks to the Jets to get Belichick as head coach. Years later, after winning two Superbowls with the Patriots, Belichick got back at Gutman in a magazine interview - "In all my years of football I've never known a man who talked more and won less than Steve Gutman".

Began his pro-football coaching career as a gofer and film-reader with the Detroit Lions in 1976; he often worked with Jerry Glanville, and the two devised schemes that are still in use today; Dick Vermeil has credited both with devising what is now known as the zone blitz.

Was fined $500,000 by the NFL for his role in the 2007 Spygate scandal, in which his team illegally videotaped an opponent's signals. It was the largest fine ever for an NFL coach.

His first head coaching job was with Art Modell's Cleveland Browns 1991-5; when Modell's feud with the city over a new stadium caused the moving of the franchise to Baltimore, Belichick was released and became an assistant coach under Bill Parcells with the New England Patriots, then with the New York Jets when Parcells moved to that team after the 1996 season.

Coached New England Patriots in third Superbowl appearence in his five seasons as the team's head coach.