FAYETTEVILLE -- Bret Bielema has a new job in the NFL eight months after being fired as the Arkansas Razorbacks' head football coach.
Bielema, 48, has been hired as a consultant to New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick, media outlets covering the team reported Tuesday.
The Patriots didn't announce Bielema's hiring, but he is listed in his new position in New England's media guide.
It's not yet known whether Bielema will be paid enough by New England to reduce the buyout the Razorback Foundation owes him.
Bielema has to earn income of more than $150,000 in the calendar year 2018 -- any income, not just for coaching or consulting -- before it will reduce what he is owed.