NFL icon Bill Belichick has added another media job to his growing portfolio.
The 72-year-old former New England Patriots coach had a difficult relationship with the press during his tenure.
But he fully embraced an on-camera career after parting ways with the Pats in January.
Belichick has previously scheduled appearances on the Pat McAfee Show, Monday Night Football’s ManningCast and Inside The NFL.
Now, NFL insider Adam Schefter has revealed that Belichick is joining Underdog Fantasy.
“From coaching legend to media mogul: Bill Belichick is now joining @UnderdogFantasy to create and co-produce a new football show, debuting this season. The show will feature Belichick breaking down the film, taking fans through the process as if he was coaching the team”, he posted on X.
“I partner with Underdog because Underdog is a sports company run by sportspeople,” Belichick said.
“They want the sport to connect with the fans and that’s what I want to do.
“I want to connect with the fans with what they have asked me for in terms of content – behind-the-scenes information, decision-making that takes place within the organization and an analysis of the schemes and personnel within the game.
“Bring all these real football conversations and decisions to the fans.
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“Underdog wants to do this, I want to do this, so it was a great fit.
“I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to work with Underdog and its producers.
“They gave me the opportunity to give the fans what they want and that’s my goal.”
Belichick still has ambitions to return to coaching.
He is just 26 wins behind leader Don Shula on the list of most successful coaches of all time.
But he reportedly rejected the chance to join the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant.
‘Don’t do your job’
Bill Belichick is known for telling his former New England Patriots players to ‘do their job.’
But he took aim at Rob Gronkowski during the attack on Tom Brady.
“You know, a lot of people associate me with a saying called, ‘Do your job.’ And tell people to do their jobs,” Belichick said.
“Gronk, I’ve been watching Fox NFL Sunday and I’m begging you – stop doing your job.
“Do another job. Do someone else’s job!”
“Yeah, I threw it away to him,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said on the TK Show podcast.
“He loves football so much, you never know what he… I can’t believe he’s not coaching a team now.
“I know what I would do if I owned it, so this shocks me and the last thing you want to do is insult someone like Bill Belichick.
“But I know he loves ball in its simplest form, so I threw everything at him, whatever he wanted to do, [including defensive coordinator].
“I was like, ‘Would you be interested?’ And he was very kind and appreciative and politely turned me down.”
Belichick has also found a new life away from football with cheerleader girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 23.
“He is a very happy man,” a source exclusively told The US Sun.
“He found a great person who makes him happy, that’s the most important thing.”
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