FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick reportedly agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots on Thursday, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era.
Belichick, 71, became just the third coach in NFL history to reach 300 career regular season wins earlier this season, joining Hall of Famers Don Shula and George Halas. With 333 wins including the playoffs, Belichick trails only Shula (347 wins) for the record for victories by a coach.
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But the Patriots ended this season 4-13, Belichick’s worst record in 29 seasons as an NFL head coach. It supplanted the 5-11 mark he managed in his last year in Cleveland in 1995 and again in his first year in New England in 2000. Including the playoffs, he ends his Patriots tenure with a 333-178 overall record.
Here is a closer look at some significant numbers from Belichick’s coaching career:
1 – Belichick is the only head coach in NFL history with seven seasons of 13-plus wins. George Seifert is next with three.
8 – Super Bowl wins. It includes two as an assistant with the New York Giants (1986, 1990) and six with the New England Patriots (2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018). He is the only head coach in NFL history with six Super Bowl victories.
12 – Conference titles, including three as an assistant
13 – Seasons with 12 regular season wins, an NFL record.
17 – Division titles. It is the most by a head coach in NFL history. Belichick also owns the NFL record with 17 seasons of 11 wins in the regular season.
19 – Number of postseason berths as a head coach. It is tied with Hall of Famer Don Shula for the most all-time.
24 – Seasons as Patriots coach.
24 – Division titles as an assistant and head coach.
29 – Seasons as an NFL head coach.
31 – Playoff victories.
49 – Number of consecutive years Belichick has been a coach in some capacity in the NFL, a record.
302 – Regular-season wins. He is the third NFL coach in NFL history with 300 victories, joining Hall of Famers Shula (328) and George Halas (318).
333 – Total victories (regular season and playoffs combined). It is second only to Shula (347). Belichick is second with 266 regular-season wins with one team, trailing only Halas (318).
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