Bill Belichick Biography

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NAME: Bill Belichick
OCCUPATION: Coach
BIRTH DATE: April 16, 1952 (Age: 61)
EDUCATION: Phillips Academy, Wesleyan University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nashville, Tennessee
Full Name: William Stephen Belichick
AKA: Bill Belichick
AKA: William Belichick
ZODIAC SIGN: Aries

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Bill Belichick is head coach of the NFL's New England Patriots and widely considered one of the best coaches in football history.

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Following a difficult 2000 season, the coach rode the young arm of quarterback Tom Brady, who'd stepped in early in the year for an injured Drew Bledsoe, and guided the Patriots in 2001 to a Super Bowl XXXVI victory against the heavily favored St. Louis Rams.

Belichick and the Patriots repeated the run two years later, winning the Super Bowl XXXVIII. The team successfully defended its title the following season,

winning the Super Bowl XXXVIIV against Terrell Owens and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Belichick has been named "Coach of the Year" three times, in 2003, 2007 and 2010. In 2007 and 2011, he again steered the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl, where both times they lost to Eli Manning and the New York Giants. During the 2007 season, he became the first head coach to ever preside over a 16-0 regular season team.

But not everything about his coaching career has sparkled. In 2007, it came to light that the Patriots had, over several years, secretly video-taped opposing coaches in order to learn their play-calling signals. The incident, which came to be known as Spygate, resulted in Belichick being fined $500,000 by the league. The Patriots were fined an additional $250,000 and lost a first-round pick in the 2008 NFL draft.