Tom Brady Explains Why He Was Blown Away by Bill Belichick Taking UNC Job

Ryan Phillips | 3 Hours Ago

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick celebrate after the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Tom Brady has opened up about Bill Belichick taking the head coaching job at North Carolina.

During Fox's broadcast of the Philadelphia Eagles' 27-13 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kevin Burkhardt asked Brady how he felt when he heard that his former coach was heading to Chapel Hill.

"Kind of blew me away when I heard the news, I didn't think that was an opportunity he was looking at," Brady said. "They're getting, honestly, a tremendous coach and being in that locker room with him ... for as many years, those guys are gonna play very hard. He's gonna coach them well and it's a great benefit for all those players who are going to that program. Because they're getting the best coach that [the] NFL has ever seen. Now he's at a college level."

"Kind of blew me away when I heard the news." @TomBrady shared his thoughts on Bill Belichick becoming head coach at UNC 👏 @CFBonFOX pic.twitter.com/GpZmUZwG3P

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That's effusive praise for Belichick from his former quarterback.

Brady played under Belichick for 20 years and the coach-quarterback duo won six Super Bowls together while going to nine of them. During that time Brady won three NFL MVP awards, five Super Bowl MVP awards and was a six-time All-Pro and a 15-time Pro Bowler. It's not hard to see why he thinks so highly of his former head coach.

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