Eye-Opening Take Emerges About Where Bill Belichick Could Be Coaching in 2025

Where Bill Belichick could be coaching next was one of the more debated topics of the NFL offseason.

Though Belichick, who was considered the hottest free agent on the coaching market, didn’t land a job in 2024, that’s not expected to be the case next year, when many believe he’ll have his pick of the handful of jobs expected to be open.

Though the eight-time Super Bowl champion has been linked to several teams, including the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Buffalo Bills, one NFL reporter believes Belichick already knows which team he’s going to be coaching next and that the rest of the NFL world will find out where very soon.

“Bill Belichick is going to be coaching the Jaguars next season, and we'll know it by New Year's,” The Ringer’s Steven Ruiz said. “It won't be official but it will be the worst kept secret in the NFL. First of all, I know some beat reporters down in Jacksonville and I think there's already whispers there.

“The real reason why I believe this is Shad Khan is a hands-off owner. I don't think he's going to get spooked like Atlanta did when Bill Belichick comes in and goes, ‘I want to run the organization like this. I want to have GM powers. I want to be able to hire my own coordinators. I want to be able to decide the direction of this franchise.’ I don't think (Khan) is going to get spooked by that.”

If the Jaguars were to make a coaching change at the end of the year, or even midseason, it would likely surprise no one.

Jacksonville is 0-2, and there’s a very real chance the team could have three or fewer wins when it reaches its bye on Nov. 24 (Week 11).

Fans were already calling for current head coach Doug Pederson to be fired after last Sunday’s 18-13 loss to the Cleveland Browns, and given the massive $275 million investment the Jaguars made to quarterback Trevor Lawrence this offseason, they could want to get a proven winner to work with him ASAP.

“If Belichick comes in and throws those rings on the table, I think that's enough,” Ruiz added. “I think Shad Khan needs a proven winner — someone where he can't get blamed for hiring the coach. Because if you hire Belichick and it doesn't work out he can just go, ‘Yeah, it's the greatest coach ever.’”