Bill Belichick’s Daughter Keeps Father’s Sport Low on Her Watchlist
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
Amanda Belichick made her priorities clear Tuesday with an Instagram story that had nothing to do with football. The Holy Cross women’s lacrosse head coach reshared a Team USA Olympic gear haul video, adding her own commentary about what she wants filling her feed right now. The post featured a lacrosse player, not a football icon. That timing matters, given that your Bill Belichick just became the most controversial Hall of Fame snub in recent NFL memory.
“The only social media I want to consume right now olympians and their gear hauls,” she wrote. “Lacrosse and the Olympics starting this week is sports overload in the best way.
Belichick failed to secure the 40 votes needed for first-ballot induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, according to ESPN and USA Today. The former Patriots coach compiled 333 career wins and eight Super Bowl appearances. Six rings as a head coach. Two more as a defensive coordinator with the Giants. Still not enough for the committee.
Amanda built her career in a different direction. She graduated from Wesleyan with a history degree after a distinguished lacrosse career. Coaching wasn’t the plan initially. “If you asked if I was going into coaching, I would have said, ‘No way,’” she told the Boston Herald. “I wasn’t running away from it, but I wasn’t running toward it either.”
She landed at Holy Cross after stops at UMass, Ohio State, and Choate. Her Instagram activity this week showed where her focus remains while NFL politics swirl around her father’s legacy.
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Bill’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, posted a screenshot on Wednesday of a canceled Pro Football Hall of Fame merchandise order. Three HOF patches that never shipped.
Her caption dripped with sarcasm: “Hey @profootballhof, what were the ‘unforeseen circumstances’?” She added a laughing emoji.
ESPN sources reported Bill was “puzzled” and “disappointed” by the vote. A veteran Hall of Fame voter pointed to the old controversies. Deflategate still bothers people. “The only explanation was the cheating stuff,” the voter said. “It really bothered some of the guys.”
Amanda’s approach to her father’s coaching philosophy differs from his obsession with X’s and O’s. “My job is to give the players the opportunity to build confidence and feel good about themselves,” she told the Herald.
She took Wesleyan from 49th nationally to No. 17 during her playing days. Now she’s building something similar at Holy Cross. Football drama doesn’t make her watchlist. Lacrosse does. That distinction tells you everything about the path she chose.
