“He’s become a great football coach,” says Miller, who was a great football coach. A season later, he was hired by Ray Perkins to become the special-teams coach of the Giants. When the coach was fired during the season, Belichick’s career in the NFL appeared to be in jeopardy.īelichick was given another chance in Denver 30 years ago - and got to the playoffs. The young Belichick would chart players’ game grades when he was 9 and analyze Navy’s opponents when he was 10.Īfter he played football - and squash - at Wesleyan (Conn.) University, Belichick got his first opportunity in 1975 as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts - he mostly drove coach Ted Marchibroda to and from work - then went to the Lions as an assistant’s assistant. The grandson of a Croatian emigrant - the family name actually is “Belicic” - Belichick studied at the feet, literally, of his father, who played for the Detroit Lions one season (after serving as the team’s equipment manager) and coached as a college assistant for 33. 9” at a large party he threw (although he did demand that all videos of the performance be destroyed).Īnd this is about coaching, not congeniality.īelichick has won 105 games in eight seasons with the Patriots and could win his fourth Super Bowl in seven seasons. Anyway, a coach who loves to attend Jon Bon Jovi concerts isn’t always on the dark side of the force, and Belichick did sing “Love Potion No.
If I want charm and personality, I watch “Miss America.” If I want fashion, I hang out with Giorgio Armani. If I want humor, I go to The Comedy Works. But Belichick didn’t mask his antipathy.ĭid quarterback Tom Brady practice Monday? He arrived at Monday afternoon’s news conference disguised as a banker - in a coat and tie. To most, he seems to have The Terminator’s heart and an exterminator’s attitude. He needs a cardboard sign, not a game-plan card. Dark and Gloomy in public, the Crème de la Grim to the media, The Spymaster With the Fish Handshake to opposing coaches.īelichick’s game-day outfit seems more suited for standing on a downtown side street than a stadium sideline. (So, if you wondering if Belichick recently developed that personality trait.
Whatever we said and did, he took it all in.”īelichick “wasn’t the best-dressed kid.” Figures.Īnd, although Miller emphasizes “that I don’t like to say anything negative about somebody,” Belichick “was the most dour young man I’ve ever been around.” “I didn’t think he was good, bad or indifferent. Miller has a few vivid memories of Belichick. “He was tardy with a few reports, and I told him that wasn’t going to happen again, or he’d be out. The guy was supposed to write (scouting) reports for the offense, defense, special teams. Belichick now makes $4 million a year.ĭefensive coordinator Joe Collier wanted Belichick as his own personal assistant for the 1978 season, “but we didn’t have that luxury. “Hey, it was room and board and a few bucks, and he was a go-fer, totally,” Miller says. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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