In case his eight Super Bowl rings and the fact that he built a dynasty with the New England Patriots are not enough to convince you that Bill Belichick is a football savant, listen to him just casually recall Navy’s 1967 football season during a live broadcast on ESPN on Monday. While the team was blown out 55-3 by Brigham Young, the Patriots’ head coach went deep into the history books:
Belichick, of course, grew up in Annapolis and played both football and lacrosse at a local high school. At the time, his late father Steve worked in numerous roles — from coach, to scout, to physical education instructor — at the Naval Academy.