Bill Belichick was reportedly in talks with the New York Jets before he accepted his new head coaching role at UNC last week, according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer.
Belichick had reached out to former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum, who was “a little stunned,” but proposed the idea to New York’s front office.
“By then, the conversation between Belichick and North Carolina had escalated,” Breer said. “Bill needed answers from the Jets. The Jets, of course, weren’t prepared to give him answers because they have to go through a full process. So the timing didn’t really work out.