Six Super Bowls, 292 wins in New England... and $225 MILLION in earnings! The incredible stats that define Bill Belichick's historic NFL coaching career

Belichick will not be returning as coach of the New England Patriots next season His career in Foxborough was defined by success and Super Bowl titles DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news 

One of the most successful tenures in sports has come to an inglorious end as New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will not return to the team.

The phrase ‘end of an era’ gets tossed around often – but after 24 long seasons in New England, Belichick has been the head coach of the Patriots for a generation’s worth of time.

Doubtless his departure will lead to a shift in the league – not only as the Patriots dynasty has lost its final symbolic figure (outside owner Robert Kraft) but as Belichick hand-picks his next team.

Fans in New England have tasted success thanks to Belichick and a look at his coaching accolades proves that he is truly one of the greatest coaches in the sport’s history.

Here, DailyMail.com takes a look at Belichick’s tenure in New England by the numbers which will define his time as arguably the best ever run in NFL history.

Bill Belichick’s tenure in New England has officially come to an end as he won’t be returning

His career in Foxborough began in 2000 and encompassed 24 seasons and six Super Bowls

24: The number of seasons Belichick spent in Foxborough. It’s the joint-fourth longest tenure with one team for any head coach. Belichick’s run in New England ends with him looking up at three coaching legends: Tom Landry in Dallas, Curly Lambeau in Green Bay, and Don Shula in Miami.

$225million: Belichick’s total salary throughout his coaching tenure, according to Sportico. Estimates guess his last contract extension to be worth $25m and the site believes Belichick has grossed $225m across his 32 seasons of being a head coach.

6: The number of Super Bowls Belichick won in New England, the most of any coach ever and the most of any coach with one team. It only took Belichick two seasons to taste his first Super Bowl victory as a head coach in Super Bowl XXXVI. By year five in Foxborough, he had tacked on an extra two rings in Super Bowl XXXVIII and Super Bowl XXXIX. It took eight years and two losses for New England to get their next in Super Bowl XLIX and from there, the Patriots alternated titles claiming Super Bowl LI in 2016 and Super Bowl LIII in 2019.

9: The number of Super Bowl appearances Belichick reached in Foxborough. Including the three losses (Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI to the Giants, plus Super Bowl LII to the Eagles) no one has ever been to more Super Bowls than Belichick.

292: The number of wins Belichick has in New England. His 266 regular season wins with the Patriots are the second-most all time with a single team, only behind George Halas of the Chicago Bears.

31: The number of postseason wins Belichick has. Only one of these 31 wins didn’t come in New England – which was incidentally the one winning season he had in charge of the Cleveland Browns. 31 postseason wins is by far the most of all time and 30 in New England is by far the most with any one team in the league’s history.

11: The number of consecutive AFC East titles Belichick led New England to. Possibly the number that defines New England’s dominance under Belichick, the Patriots won every AFC East crown between 2009 and 2019 for eleven in a row. The next closest team is the Kansas City Chiefs’ current run of eight consecutive division crowns.

Belichick has won six Super Bowls as a head coach, the most of any other in NFL history

The Patriots had 19 consecutive winning seasons – encompassing all the Brady-Belichick era

With 165 losses, Belichick is also the all-time losingest head coach in the league’s history

19: The number of consecutive winning seasons Belichick has had. From 2001 to 2019, Bill Belichick never had a losing campaign. Even after losing Tom Brady in 2008 with an injury, the Patriots still went 11-5. It wasn’t until Brady left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England started a weathered Cam Newton that the Patriots finally suffered their first losing season since 2000.

3: Where Belichick ranks among the winningest coaches of all time, with 302 in total. He’s just sixteen wins behind Halas and 26 wins behind Don Shula for the most regular season wins of any coach in NFL history. If playoff wins were combined (which they usually never are), Belichick would have 333 and would be 14 victories behind Shula for the most all-time.

165: The number of losses Belichick suffered in his career, the most all time. Finally, we arrive at part of the reason why this decision was made. 121 losses in New England later, Belichick will not be coming back. 13 of those came this season, the worst record of his entire coaching tenure. With a desperate need for a change at the top, the time has come for Belichick to move on – and for the Patriots to try and find their next path to success.