Bill Belichick badly wants to return to coaching in 2025, but there is reportedly a large caveat to the next potential role the ex-Patriot could take.
Belichick served as the team’s de facto general manager – in addition to head coach – during his 24 seasons in New England, in which he won six Super Bowls.
And according to The Athletic’s Diana Russini, Belichick wants ‘as much authority as he can get’ in any future job.
That sort of control is reportedly not something many teams will be willing to grant Belichick, 72.
However, a source wrote to Russini over text: ‘Coaching is in his blood; he wants this.’
Belichick interviewed for the Atlanta Falcons’ head coaching job last offseason after he parted ways with the Patriots.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan also revealed in July that he offered Belichick a defensive coordinator role on his staff.
However, ESPN’s Adam Schefter previously reported that Belichick was expected to be ‘choosy’ in picking out a potential next job.
In the meantime, Belichick has been staying around football by taking on various broadcasting roles.
This season, he’s regularly appeared on ESPN’s Monday Night Football ‘Manningcast’ and the Pat McAfee Show, as well as The CW’s ‘Inside the NFL.’
However his analysis has rubbed some the wrong way at times.
Boston radio host Fred Toucher accused him of having a ‘vendetta’ against his former franchise after he largely attributed the Bears’ Week 10 loss to New England to their own ineptitude.
Belichick also criticized his successor, Jerod Mayo, earlier this season after he called his own players ‘soft.’
