Bill Belichick has won a record-setting six Super Bowls as head coach of the New England Patriots, two more as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, and an Emmy for his role in the NFL 100 All-Time Team panel. Belichick, 73, has embarked on a fifth-act career pivot, leaving the NFL to coach college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On top of his estimated existing net worth of $70 million, multiple mansions, and a seven-figure book deal, Belichick will bring in a cool $10 million from UNC, the eighth-highest college football salary for the 2025 season.
It was more than a bit uncomfortable to watch the infamously ruthless, redoubtable, and indomitable Belichick allow himself to be publicly henpecked and humiliated by his 24-year-old girlfriend on national television.
During what should have proven a softball interview with CBS Sunday Morning to promote Belichick’s new book, anchor Tony Dokoupil gently began to ask the coach about his relationship with girlfriend Jordon Hudson, a former Miss Maine USA pageant runner-up whose entire postcollegiate career is being Belichick’s girlfriend.
“How did you guys meet?” Dokoupil asked, only for Hudson to yell out, “We’re not talking about this.”
“No?” Dokoupil asked her as he broke away from Belichick.
“No,” Hudson responded.
In a voiceover narration of the segment, Dokoupil confirmed that Hudson was a “constant presence” during the interview, saying their relationship was “a topic neither one of them is comfortable commenting on.” Other news outlets have since confirmed that Hudson interrupted Belichick’s interview multiple times.
To be clear, Belichick has been divorced from his first and only wife for nearly two decades now. He’s never been seriously accused of adultery, sexual misconduct, or any other untoward conduct in his personal life. Yes, the 49-year age gap between Belichick and Hudson, who reportedly started dating in 2023, may strike many as unusual. But for the ultraelites of NFL royalty and living athletic legends, collecting a 20-something gold digger is practically a rite of passage.
But ideally, the 20-something gold digger in question, like a Victorian child of nobility, excels at being seen rather than heard. And if she ever does pipe in with comment, it’s supposed to be effusive praise for her man rather than a public cuckolding.
By all available reports and paparazzi shots, Hudson is no Lauren Sanchez infusing Belichick’s life with some sort of joie de vivre. Rather, Hudson is already bossing around UNC staff, demanding to be included on Belichick’s email chains, and, worst of all, subjecting the notoriously stoic Belichick to pose for some of the most cringe-inducing photo shoots of all time. Based on his shock during the interview when Dokoupil tried to ask about these photos, it’s not even clear that Belichick knew Hudson had posted some of them publicly.
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So I have to ask: Mr. Belichick, are you OK? Is this some sort of hostage situation or the result of some Snapchat-induced blackmail by a honeypot? Because the shrew interrupting that CBS interview wasn’t playing the part of a girlfriend, but a boss. Belichick clearly isn’t robbing the cradle — Hudson thinks she’s robbing the Belichick estate.
Let that CBS clip be a lesson for ladies and gentlemen alike. For starters, having money means much less in life than having a spine. Belichick would be wise to remember that he has the means to find a dozen other hot, young gold diggers who won’t emasculate him on national television. And having a toned physique can be completely negated by nagging and commandeering your man. Here’s to hoping that Bill Belichick remembers he’s, well, Bill Belichick and finally finds his balls again.