Bill Belichick will not continue as head coach of the NFL club New England Patriots.
American football NFL club New England Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick’s the paths diverge. The club announced on Thursday that the decision was shared by the club and the coach. Belichick coached the team throughout this millennium.
The Patriots are one of the great dynasties of American sports. The club achieved six Super Bowl championships with Belichick and played in the finals nine times while he was the head coach.
Now 71, Belichick is 14 wins away from tying the all-time winningest streak for a coach From Don Shula. Belichick plans to continue his successful coaching career elsewhere.
– I’m excited about the future, said Belichick at the press conference.
Belichick was the second cornerstone of the dynasty along with a legendary quarterback who had already finished his playing career Tom Brady’s with.
In total, Belichick has eight NFL championships in his entire coaching career and has been to 12 Super Bowls. He has been voted the NFL’s best coach three times.
With the NFL regular season over, eight organizations are now searching for a new head coach. Belichick is now the hottest name on the transfer market.
During the same day, another NFL club, the Seattle Seahawks, also announced a significant change. The Super Bowl champion who led the team for 14 years Pete Carroll72, moves from the position of head coach to the role of advisor in the club.
Belichick’s departure was also preceded by tough college news, as the most successful captain of American football’s college leagues of all time, who celebrated seven championships Nick Saban retires. He coached the Alabama university team, where the Finnish promise plays Olaus Alinen.