After 24 years, Bill Belichick is no longer the head coach of the New England Patriots.
Analysts and former NFL players, among others, reacted to Belichick and the Patriots parting ways Thursday.
Thank you Coach Belichick for everything you have done! From taking a chance drafting me in the very beginning to teaching and showing me the way on the field, I wouldn’t change a thing! Honor to be on your team and thank you for putting us players in situations to have serious… pic.twitter.com/m5NYkW4Kwt
— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) January 11, 2024
During Bill Belichick’s 24-year run as the Patriots head coach, the other 31 NFL franchises had a combined 213 head coaches.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 11, 2024
Coach Belichick is such a LEGEND!!!! 🫡 man
— LeBron James (@KingJames) January 11, 2024
Wouldn’t change a thing coach #FoxboroForever pic.twitter.com/pelLmjkLko
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) January 11, 2024
The Greatest! Thank you🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
— Davon Godchaux (@ChauxDown) January 11, 2024
Greatest to ever do it. Thank you Coach. https://t.co/3frmVK3TeD
— Rex Burkhead (@RBrex34) January 11, 2024
Greatest ever. Thank you for everything. Me, my family, my son. Shaping me into a football player and a man. Love you pic.twitter.com/6kuk5xALtd
— Patrick Chung (@PatrickChung23) January 11, 2024
Goodness. Changing of the guard all across football in the last 24 https://t.co/9HWoFjuVFJ
— Benjamin Watson (@BenjaminSWatson) January 11, 2024
Congratulations Bill Belichick & Tom Brady on a great 20 year run. Salute!
— Asante Samuel Sr. (@pick_six22) January 11, 2024
What a way to wake up! Best of luck and thank you to THE GOAT Bill Belichick.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) January 11, 2024
Bill Belichick is the Greatest NFL Head Coach of All-Time and should have been allowed to break the All-Time wins record in New England. If he keeps coaching, he has to adapt and understand the Patriot Way is DEAD and doesn’t work ESPECIALLY when you don’t have Tom Brady.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 11, 2024
Bill Belichick's legacy in New England:
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 11, 2024
🏈24 seasons
🏈9 Super Bowl appearances
🏈6 Super Bowl titles
🏈266-120 regular season record
🏈30-12 postseason record
Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, and Pete Carroll have all left their teams or retired in the last 24 hours. We often throw the phrase around without much meaning, but this truly is the end of an era. It’s wild to see.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) January 11, 2024
Bill Belichick went 52-28 in New England in games decided by 3 points or fewer (including playoffs).
— Paul Hembekides (Hembo) (@PaulHembo) January 11, 2024
That man won 65% of coin-flip games over a quarter of a century.
On his own, Tom Brady would have won two or three Super Bowls. On his own, Bill Belichick would have had a couple. It took working together to go to nine and win six.
— Aaron Schatz 🏈 (@ASchatzNFL) January 11, 2024
Carroll, Saban and now Belichick in a span of 24 hours. Combined, these 3 accomplished quite a lot this century as head coaches:
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) January 11, 2024
7 Super Bowl wins
8 National Championship Titles
Multiple Heisman winners
Greatest QB of all time
Over 50 1st rd picks https://t.co/cS4l9vBMcm
Bill Belichick: Forever a Patriot. pic.twitter.com/uCJ1WmMuze
— Brian Hines (@iambrianhines) January 11, 2024
I’ll never forget when Bill Belichick gave us a complete history of Special Teams off the top of his head!pic.twitter.com/PW9W0TWYID
— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) January 11, 2024
This guy is gonna win another Super Bowl and break the all time wins record somewhere in the next three years.
— Football (@BostonConnr) January 11, 2024
Bill Belichick.
The 🐐.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/KR3ZZ2923f
End of an era doesn’t even begin to describe it. What Bill Belichick did in New England will never be replicated. Even if the timing is right to move on, it doesn’t take away an unbelievable career. https://t.co/8wOctANHy1
— Alex Barth (@RealAlexBarth) January 11, 2024
