While Bill Belichick will not be coaching in the NFL this season, he is certainly having a great time in this break from football. While Bill should certainly come back to the league after this season, with most believing he may end up with the Dallas Cowboys, at the moment it seems like the legendary coach is just enjoying life.
With all that being said, Belichick has earned a special and strange award off the field as he has become a citizen of another country outside the U.S.
Bill Belichick Awarded Croatian Morning Star
Bill Belichick has family ancestry that come from Croatia, so it must have been incredibly beautiful and full circle for him to be getting such a prestigious award from the president of the country.
It was reported earlier on Tuesday that:
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic presented Belichick with the Order of Croatian Morning Star this week.
“The President decorated Belichick for special merits in promoting Croatia’s reputation and interests in the United States of America during an exceptional sports career over many years,” the official press release stated.
Belichick is being honored by the Croatian president for the work he has been putting in for decades. He additionally was gifted a custom Croatian soccer jersey. Following the award, Belichick watched a matchup between Croatia and North Macedonia.
This is a very unique award for an NFL head coach, and Belichick seemed to take the honor very seriously. While the legendary coach will continue his offseason from football, it is special to see him being awarded by another country for his greatness and efforts over so long.
While Belichick has never been a very open individual about his personal life, the NFL great has always been open about his family heritage in the past. Back in 2022 he talked at length about his grandfather who had made the trop from Croatia to the U.S:
“My grandfather emigrated and got his citizenship (US) in 1915. My grandfather came over by himself, he was married to Mary (Marija) and came over to work in the coal or steel mills in western Pennsylvania,” Belichick said, via Croatia Week. “After two years, Mary decided to come over and look for him. She got on a boat and came to the United States and so they were kind of reunited then and started the family.”
It is special to see Belichick get this award after his grandfather had left the country over a hundred years prior. While it will be sad that Bill won’t be on the sidelines for this season, it’s great to see him living life and doing things like and the Tom Brady Roast on Netflix. If Croatia ever needs a coach to show people the NFL, there is no better man for the job than one Bill Belichick.
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