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.

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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 ...

Bill Belichick reached out the New York Jets about their head coach opening, however, there's a catch as to why this happened

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.

More than two decades after his acrimonious split with the Jets, now-North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick reportedly reached out to the franchise about its head coach position.

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 agreed to leave the Patriots after last season, ending one of the most successful head coaching tenures in NFL history. His 333 career regular-season and postseason wins trail only Don Shula’s 347, and his 31 playoff wins are the most in league history.

Despite what some analysts may think, the Jets can offer something to their new regime other organizations can't.

The New York Jets are one of several teams that are ... One person we know won’t be taking over the new regime is Bill Belichick. Arguably the greatest NFL head coach of all time is set to ...