Bill Belichick Biography

Fast Facts

• Co-owned, with his father, an extensive collection of books about football, which he donated to the Naval Academy in 2006
• In addition to playing football in college, also played lacrosse and squash
• Was selected as one of Time magazine's 100 most powerful and influential people in the world in 2004
• In September 2007, was fined $500,000 for illegally filming the sidelines of the New York Jets; the Patriots were also fined $250,000 and stripped of a first-round draft pick