Bill Belichick has been all over the headlines recently, unfortunately, it’s been for all of the wrong reasons. Anytime Belichick, one of the most accomplished figures in football history, has been mentioned these days, it’s been due to his relationship with his girlfriend Jordon Hudson, which many find inappropriate (Hudson is 24 years old).
Belichick and Hudson have largely kept mum on their private life, but per Pro Football Talk, Belichick recently appeared on Good Morning America and opened up on things.
ABC’s Michael Strahan asked Belichick the following: “What would the Patriots’ Bill Belichick say to the UNC Bill Belichick? What kind of advice would you have, if you had any?”
Belichick avoided the question with his response.
“Again, for me it’s all about learning,” he said. “You know, I learn every day, and I’ve learned so much being back in the college environment, with whether it be recruiting, the college game, the rules, the hashmarks, some strategy, and just putting a team together.”
Strahan then asked a much more direct question concerning things with Hudson.
“A lot has been made also of your professional life, but also your personal life. Because it’s spilled over into your professional life in a lot of ways, and a lot has been made about your relationship with Jordon Hudson. It’s been getting a lot of attention. She isn’t here this morning. But what do you think about all the attention that your relationship has been getting?”
This question Belichick couldn’t dodge.
“Yeah, well, she’s been terrific, you know, through the whole process, and she’s been very helpful to me,” Belichick said. “She does the business things that don’t relate to North Carolina that come up in my life, so I can concentrate on football, and that’s really what I want to do.
“You know, I acknowledged her in the book, she was very helpful in that with the tribute pages and also given a perspective of the book from kind of a business side, you know, sometimes I get a little football technical and and so, you know, she did a good job of keeping me on balance there.”
It’ll be interesting to see how the Belichick-Hudson story continues to unfold over the course of his first season as the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels.