A Play-By-Play of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson’s Relationship
Alright, team - huddle up. Here's the deal.
With recent speculation and rumors of their engagement, 73-year-old UNC Chapel Hill and former New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, are in the limelight once again. Whether about the early dating rumors or their 48-year age gap, their relationship has been under the microscope for quite some time now.
We’re here to catch you up on how Belichick and Hudson’s relationship allegedly came to be and what’s happened since their hard launch in 2024.
Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson at UNC Chapel Hill (Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images)
2006: Belichick divorces Debby Clarke.
After a 30+ year marriage beginning in 1977 and three children together, coach Bill Belichick and former wife Debby Clarke separated after affair rumors in 2006. Belichick was alleged to be having an affair with a New York Giants secretary, and the two split afterwards.
2007: Belichick is reportedly dating Linda Holliday.
Bill Belichick and Linda Holliday in 2007 (Patrick McMullen | Getty Images)
Holliday and Belichick are spotted together in 2007, around a year after Belichick’s divorce. Holliday is a mother and TV Producer who was often seen attending charity events and supporting Belichick and the Patriots.
2021: The Story Begins
Allegedly, Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson’s story starts when they meet on a flight from Boston to Florida in February 2021. Although the couple remains quiet about exactly how they got to know each other, sources say they met due to their flight seating arrangement and remained friends afterwards. On February 11th, 2025, Hudson confirms that the couple did indeed meet on February 11th, 2021.
Post Credits: @jordon
January 2023: Spotted in New Orleans
Belichick and Hudson are spotted in New Orleans in January of 2023. Hudson isn’t a celebrity, so no one can quite pin down who she is when the two are spotted together.
September 2023: Bill and Linda Split
After 16 years together, Belichick and Linda Holliday split in 2023. Holliday later claims that the two were separated prior to their official split.
May 2024: Soft-launched by Tom Brady
On the Netflix celebrity roast session special from May 5th, 2024, The Roast of Tom Brady, former Patriots player and Belichick’s coachee, Brady makes a dig along the lines of:
“Now that I’m retired, my favorite is that Ring camera that caught Coach Belichick slinking out of that poor girl’s house at 6 a.m. a few months ago.”
Brady’s former teammate Rob Gronkowski also poked fun at Belichick for scouting out much younger women to date. Hmm. It makes you wonder.
June 2024: PEOPLE Magazine Confirms: Belichick and Hudson Are Together
And not only are they together - when PEOPLE Magazine reports on the status of their relationship on June 21st, 2024, the two have been dating for over one year.
Belichick and Hudson at NFL Honors Show in New Orleans, February 2025 (Brynn Anderson | AP File)
December 2024: Hudson’s Update
After being seen together on multiple occasions, Hudson posts from an event at the Museum of Natural History on December 21st, 2024, with the caption:
“The evening was saturated with all of my favourite things: friendship, education, philanthropy, glamour, beet salad, Billy, dance-worthy music, ornithological & oceanic exhibits.”
Post Credits: @jordon
January 2025: Coach Belichick is Back
On January 16th, 2025, Hudson posts a picture with Belichick, holding a UNC Chapel Hill football after Belichick was announced as the new Head Coach in December of 2024 after parting ways with the NFL and Patriots.
Post Credits: @jordon
March 2025: Beach Yoga
On March 15th, 2025, Hudson posts and tags Belichick in several photos of the pair doing beach yoga in Florida. Pretty impressive, Bill.
Post Credits: @jordon
April 2025: Jordan Under Fire for Interrupting Interview
Hudson faces criticism online for interrupting a question during an interview between Belichick and broadcast journalist Tony Dokoupil for CBS to tell the interviewer that Belichick wouldn’t be answering questions about how they met or how their relationship started. This raised red flags for many due to a seeming overlap between Belichick's first meeting Hudson and his split with Holliday two years later.
Dokoupil notes that Hudson was a “constant presence” during Belichick’s interview, and many note that this behavior is unconventional and unusual. On April 30th, however, Belichick releases a statement about the incident claiming that Hudson was just “doing her job.”
Meanwhile, Belichick’s daughter-in-law, Jennifer Schmitt, was on the Dudes on Dudes podcast with former Patriots Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman, and shared some criticism on how Hudson handled the situation regarding her professionalism during the interview.
On April 16th, Hudson shares a photo on Instagram for Belichick’s birthday, calling him her twin flame.
Photo Credit: @jordon
May 2025: Book Dedications, Pageants, and Facility Bans
May was a busy month in the lives of these lovebirds. On May 6th, Belichick’s book “The Art of Winning” was released, and contains a dedication to Hudson.
“Thank you to my idea mill and creative muse, Jordon Hudson.”
The Art of Winning Acknowledgments
Only several days later, on May 9th, reports came out that Hudson had been banned from the University of North Carolina’s football facilities. This rumor led UNC’s Athletics department to make a statement that the claims were false and that while Hudson was not an employee of UNC Chapel Hill, she was welcome to continue managing Belichick’s personal business ventures outside of UNC Football.
On May 10th and 11th, Hudson competes in the Miss Maine pageant and wins third place overall. Belichick is allegedly in the audience to support her during the competition in Portland, Maine.
Post Credit: @jordon
May 2025: Boat-Fueled Engagement Rumors
For some context, Bill Belichick has eight NFL Super Bowl rings and a boat named VIII Rings to highlight his victories in 1988, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2018. He has recently changed the name of his boat to I + VIII Rings, without having won another Super Bowl and before any championship wins with UNC Football.
After sources close to the couple say that Hudson has told at least one person that the two are indeed engaged as of May 20th, many speculate that the extra ring is the one Belichick proposed to Hudson with.
May 2025: Heated Exchange Between Hudson and Holliday
According to a source of PEOPLE Magazine on May 21st, 2025, Hudson and Belichick’s ex, Linda Holliday, reportedly had an uncomfortable verbal altercation at a Christmas event in December of 2024. The source seemed to be on Hudson’s side, claiming that she was approached all night with questions of why she was there and uncomfortable jabs at her relationship with Belichick at an event that was supposed to be happy for the holidays.
Just like that, you’re caught up - and there’s no telling what might come next in the story of Belichick and Hudson.