According to multiple reports, Belichick personally inquired about the Jets open head coaching job before taking the job at UNC. Perhaps it was due diligence. Belichick wanting to overturn every stone before he gave up on the chance to set the NFL’s record for coaching wins.

Only two days after Bill Belichick was introduced as the next head coach at North Carolina, multiple reports have emerged that Belichick personally reached out to the New York Jets about its vacancy.