Bill Belichick ultimately decided to resume his coaching career at the college level. But his decision to coach North Carolina came after he sniffed around the NFL, including checking the possibility of coaching a former rival.
The former Patriots coach expressed interest in the Jets’ head coaching vacancy prior to taking the North Carolina job, The Athletic‘s Dianna Russini reported Saturday. A few members of New York’s organization caught wind of Belichick’s interest in potentially coaching the franchise in late November after members of the coach’s inner circle had informal discussions with teams, according to Russini.