Bill Belichick, who won eight Super Bowl titles and won more than 300 games as head coach, will not be a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer, according to a report.
Bill Belichick, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach and two-time champion assistant, reportedly missed out on being a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
The finalized list of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees will be released ahead of Super Bowl LX. Belichick was among the candidates in a separate group from the modern-era players category along with Ken Anderson, Roger Craig, L.C. Greenwood and Robert Kraft.
ESPN first reported that Belichick would not be going into the Hall of Fame this time around. The outlet reported, citing sources, that Belichick was «puzzled» and «disappointed» with the decision and that he wondered what more he had to do as a head coach to get in immediately.
«Politics kept him out. He doesn’t believe this is a reflection on his accomplishments», another source told ESPN.
