Several reports have been published claiming that newly-hired UNC football coach Bill Belichick is engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson. This announcement, while seemingly innocuous, has led to more questions about Belichick’s ability to lead the Tar Heels football team.
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Yesterday, NFL insider Ari Meirov posted on X (formerly Twitter) a NY Times report that claimed Hudson has told at least one person that her and Belichick were set to be married. This came moments after Meirov reposted that same report claiming that Hudson partly axed a potential “Hard Knocks” appearance for UNC, since she wanted more creative control.
Jordon Hudson has told at least one person that she and Bill Belichick are engaged to be married, according to @nytimes.
Belichick is 73. Hudson is 24.https://t.co/6Q6EzL6hJv https://t.co/THttyjJY1Y pic.twitter.com/xLYMWxyjoo
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) May 20, 2025
This has lead some outlets to believe she has a bigger hand in UNC football decisions, with Newsweek claiming “At times this offseason, it has seemed that Hudson is running the North Carolina football program more than Belichick has been.”
Not helping matters was Belichick’s interview with CBS back on April 27th. The interview started with a discussion about Belichick’s new book “The Art of Winning,” but took a turn when CBS’s Tony Dokoupil asked about how the head coach and his girlfriend met. Hudson, who was watching the taping in the back, interrupted, saying “we’re not talking about this.”
However, other publications and productions have a hard time convincing themselves that the hoodie-wearing head coach has ceded control this easily. In a live-streamed podcast on YouTube, Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman discussed the engagement and the claim that she’s overshadowing Belichick’s plans for UNC.
Both of them believe that as long as Belichick keeps his personal life and professional life separate, there shouldn’t be any problems.
“I think Belichick has already buttoned this up,” Staples said. “He has shunted Jordon Hudson to the side professionally. All of the professional stuff she was trying to do… attached to Bill Belichick, that’s been cut off it seems. And if that’s the case, then his personal relationship is his personal relationship, and I don’t think it’ll have much effect on the football.”
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The two wrapped up their Belichick segment by essentially shifting the blame on Hudson for letting their relationship bleed into the football. “If she never does that, there is no giant New York Times story on the two of them,” Staples said. “I’m sorry Jordon, we have to talk about it, because people are interested, and it’s your fault. Congratulations.”
Bill Belichick has already recruited some talented prospects in the midst of the controversy, including 4-star quarterback Bryce Baker from East Forsyth High School in North Carolina.
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