s Bill Belichick the best NFL head coach not just now, but ever?
Let’s take a season-by-season look since the former Browns head coach from 1991-95 landed in New England in 2000:
*2000 – went 5-11 to finish last in the AFC East and missed the playoffs.
*2001 – went 11-5 to win the AFC East and won the Super Bowl.
*2002 – went 9-7 to finish second in the AFC East and missed the playoffs.
*2003 – went 14-2 to win the AFC East and won the Super Bowl.
*2004 – went 14-2 to win the AFC East and won the Super Bowl.
*2005 – went 10-6 to win the AFC East and lost in the divisional round of the playoffs.
*2006 – went 12-4 to win the AFC East and lost in the AFC Championship Game.
*2007 – went 16-0 to win the AFC East and lost in the Super Bowl.
*2008 – went 11-5 to finish second in the AFC East and missed the playoffs.
*2009 – went 10-6 to win the AFC East and lost in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
*2010 – went 14-2 to win the AFC East and lost in the divisional round of the playoffs.
*2011 – went 13-3 to win the AFC East and lost in the Super Bowl.
*2012 – went 12-4 to win the AFC East and lost in the AFC Championship Game.
*2013 – went 12-4 to win the AFC East and lost in the AFC Championship Game.
*2014 – went 12-4 to win the AFC East and won the Super Bowl.
*2015 – went 12-4 to win the AFC East and lost in the AFC Championship Game.
*2016 – went 14-2 to win the AFC East and will play the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI on Sunday.
*TOTALS (17 seasons) — 201-71 (.739) in the regular season; 24-9 (.727) in the postseason; 205-80 (.738) overall; 16 consecutive winning seasons; one losing season; 14 AFC East titles; 14 playoff appearances; 11 trips to the AFC Championship Game; four Super Bowl championships; seven Super Bowl appearances.
Those accomplishments are off the charts. No other coach – none, not in the modern era and not in any era — comes even close to what he’s done over the last 16 years.
So, then, is Bill Belichick the best NFL head coach ever?
Yes, in a lot of respects, he is. The facts don’t lie.
