Perhaps Bill Belichick’s family tree will turn out better than his coaching tree.
As point out by Peter King of The MMQB.com, Belichick’s daughter Amanda was named women’s lacrosse coach at Holy Cross last week.
The Crusaders were 4-14 last year, so she has her work cut out for her. But she at least gets to work close to her family, as the school is 46 miles northwest of Foxboro.
The elder Belichick has a long history of support for lacrosse, which is actually longer than the list of the triumphs of his former assistants.
Romeo Crennel did coax a 10-win season out of the Browns in 2007 (equalling Belichick’s winning seasons in Cleveland), but his 28-55 overall record with the Browns and Chiefs takes some of the shine off that achievement.
Eric Mangini had one winning season in five years (33-47) with the Jets and Browns, and Josh McDaniels (11-17) never got that far with the Broncos.
Those three combined for a 72-119 record (.378).
Of course, Texans coach Bill O’Brien has shown some promise, but until he finds a quarterback, it’s going to be hard to sustain what he’s built so far.
Amanda Belichick had coached the last two years at her and her father’s alma mater, Wesleyan.
