Whether New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is thinking about retiring after the 2020 season or not, we'll never know til it happens. The six-time Super Bowl winner did not provide any insight into his future plans in response to questions on retirement. His response was just classic Bill Belichick.
In fact, according to Belichick, he's not even thinking past Week 1.
After SportsBetting.Ag posted odds of Belichick leaving his perch in New England before the start of the 2021 season at +200, the 68-year old was asked on WEEI radio on Wednesday about the possibility. Belichick, who has won nine AFC championships and 17 AFC East titles since being named Patriots head coach in 2000, gave a typically curt response. Evidently, he defines “long-term” a little differently than most folks.
“Yeah, I am just trying to get ready for Miami. I don't know. Long-term for me would be Sunday,” Belichick said, choosing to focus on the Patriots Week 1 matchup at Gillette Stadium.
One oddsmaker has it more likely Bill Belichick leaves NE in 2021 than he returns. On @OMFonWEEI, Belichick was asked about it: "Yeah, I am just trying to get ready for Miami. I don't know. Long-term for me would be Sunday."
— Ryan Hannable (@RyanHannable) September 7, 2020
Belichick, who coached the Cleveland Browns from 1991-1995 (and experienced two stints with New York Jets without coaching a game), is about to embark on his 21st season at the helm for the Patriots, making him—by far—the longest tenured head coach in the NFL.
Last October, Belichick shot down the possibility that he would retire by 70 after saying in 2009 that he wouldn't be “like Marv Levy…coaching in my 70s,”
“When I said it, maybe I didn’t know what 70 felt like,” he told Pro Football Talk. “So not really sure if that’s an accurate statement,” Belichick said, referencing his 2009 comments.
Belichick ranks first in NFL history in playoff coaching wins (31) and third in regular season coaching wins (261).
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