William Stephen Belichick was born on the 16th April 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee USA of Croatian ancestry. He is the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL, although he is also known as the only NFL head coach who is not a member of NFL Coaches Association. At present he holds the position of the head coach of the New England Patriots. He began his career in 1975 and has been accumulating his net worth working in the previously mentioned positions up to date.
How much is the net worth of Bill Belichick? It has been estimated that the total size of his wealth stands at $40 million. Reportedly, his current salary is $7.5 million per year.
Bill Belichick Net Worth $40 Million
To give some background information, Bill Belichick but grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, where his father Steve Belichick worked as an assistant football coach for the US Navy football team. Bill was educated at Annapolis High School and Phillips Academy. Later, he earned his degree at Wesleyan University and pursued the career of coach which ultimately added huge sums to the total size of Bill Belichick’s net worth. More, it was not only a profitable career but also it made the head coach known all over the world. After spending his first five NFL seasons as an assistant coach, Belichick earned his first head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991, which position he held until 1995. In his five seasons Cleveland had 36 wins and 44 losses, not a great record, however, he was hired as assistant coach by the Patriots, and they made the Super Bowl in 1996.
Belicheck then spent three seasons as assistant head coach with the New York Jets, but got back to the position of head coach in 2000 with the New England Patriots. Subsequently Belichick has led the Patriots to six Super Bowls, which resulted in four victories (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX and XLIX). Bill Belichick has set the record to be the only head coach in the history of the NFL to win three Super Bowls over a period of 4 years (2001-2004). He was named NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press three times (2003, 2007 and 2010). During the 2007 NFL season, the Patriots became the first team to finish the regular season with six wins to nil defeat.
Furthermore, Bill Belichick has increased his popularity and net worth landing appearances on mass media. The documentary about the head coach “A Football Life” (2009) was aired on the NFL Network. As a cameo, Bill appeared in an episode of the drama series “Rescue Me” (2010). The rock singer Bon Jovi dedicated his song “Bounce” (2002) to Bill Belichick.
Concerning the personal life of the head coach, he has been married once, to Debby Clark. They have three children, but divorced was finalised only in 2006. Afterwards, Bill Belichick is known to have been dating the Giants receptionist Sharon Shenocca, and Linda Holliday.
