Key moments in Bill Belichick's coaching career
A look at some of the most significant moments of Bill Belichick's NFL coaching career
A timeline of key moments in Bill Belichick’s career:
1976 – He joined the Detroit Lions as an assistant special teams coach. He was fired along with the rest of Tommy Hudspeth’s coaching staff at the end of the 1977 season.
1979 – After one year with the Denver Broncos, Belichick begins a 12-year run with the New York Giants, first as an assistant under Ray Perkins. Led by a defense guided by Belichick under head coach Bill Parcells, the Giants win two Super Bowls.
1991 – Belichick is hired as the head coach of the (original) Cleveland Browns. As the face of an NFL team for the first time, Belichick shows the irritable personality that would characterize his time in New England. The Browns went 11-5 and reached the second round of the playoffs in 1994, but during the 1995 season owner Art Modell announced an intended move to Baltimore. The Browns, 4-5 at the time, finished 5-11 and Belichick was fired.
