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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 has quickly drawn parallels between the NFL and college football after joining North Carolina. Despite his towering record in the pros - where he spearheaded 17 AFC East titles and six Super Bowl victories with the New England Patriots across two and a half decades - some pondered over his fit for university-level coaching.