Bill Belichick contacted the New York Jets about their head coaching vacancy before accepting the job at North Carolina, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Reports indicated last week that Bill Belichick was interested in the New York Jets head coaching job. That interest was strong enough to get his camp to reach out to the Jets to gauge their interest in Belichick becoming the next head coach of the Jets.

Bill Belichick was reportedly in talks with the Jets before he accepted his new head coaching role at UNC last week, said Albert Breer.

New York will have a chance to find the right candidate, whether it be a former head coach, coordinator, or college coach looking to make a jump up. When the Jets fired Robert Saleh, one of the first names mentioned was Bill Belichick. Belichick ...

After displaying a well-known hatred towards the Jets over the years—and also going 39–13 against them during his NFL career—Bill Belichick recently called New York about its vacant head coaching job. According to CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones, Belichick himself called the team "to gauge interest" and was told they were just starting their search.

The New York Jets were reportedly setting up a meeting to hire Bill Belichick before UNC offered him the head coaching position.

Belichick, an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Jets from 1997-99, was named as Bill Parcells’ head coaching successor in January 2000 but stepped down one day into the job with the now-infamous “I resign of HC of the NYJ” napkin note.

According to multiple reports, Belichick personally inquired about the Jets open head coaching job before taking the job at UNC. Perhaps it was due diligence. Belichick wanting to overturn every stone before he gave up on the chance to set the NFL’s record for coaching wins.

Belichick, 72, who famously was the Jets coach for a day before surprisingly resigning in 2000, called the team “to gauge interest” about the current coaching opening, according to a

Bill Belichick, who famously quit on the Jets in 2000, inquired about New York's coaching vacancy before taking the same position at North Carolina this week, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday.

Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick shocked the football world when he accepted the University of North Carolina head coaching position this past week. It was thought the 72-year-old would be one of the most attractive options on the NFL coaching carousel this offseason, but we didn't even get to Christmas before he took a new gig.

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