Bill Belichick is back in the marketplace and the Falcons didn’t wait long to get him in for an interview.
Atlanta had a sit down with the legendary football coach for his or her vacant head coaching job, in keeping with ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
It’s the primary job Belichick, 71, has interviewed for since he and the Patriots parted ways last week.
The Belichick-led Patriots famously defeated the Falcons in Super Bowl LI after getting back from a 28-3 deficit within the second half.
Now it appears Falcons owner Arthur Blank is attempting to recruit the person who orchestrated that to hitch Atlanta.
However the Falcons’ coaching search has already seen several qualified candidates are available for interviews, with Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce, who the Falcons requested permission to interview, probably the most important name.
Still, Belichick is a serious name to be added to the list in the primary of what is going to likely be several job interviews he’ll receive now that he’s a free agent.
Belichick’s tenure in Recent England ended after he helped lead the Patriots to 6 Super Bowl victories, nine AFC championships, 17 AFC East titles and 296 combined regular-season and playoff victories.
He is unquestionably a future Hall of Famer and is the most important coaching name in the marketplace after his departure.
The Falcons are coming off three straight 7-10 seasons under former coach Arthur Smith and haven’t had a winning campaign since 2017
“For me, this can be a day of gratitude and celebration,” Belichick said at a press conference last week. “We had a vision of constructing a winner, constructing a championship football team here. And it’s exceeded my wildest dreams and expectations — the quantity of success we were capable of achieve together through a whole lot of labor and the contributions of so many individuals.”
The Falcons job is certainly one of several open coaching positions in the meanwhile, which also includes the Commanders, Chargers and Raiders.
