CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson are reportedly engaged, according to The New York Times.
The outlet reported Tuesday that the 24-year-old Hudson has told “at least one person” that she and the first-year UNC coach are engaged to be married.
No other details about the potential marriage were available in the report, and no public announcement from Belichick or Hudson has been made at this time.
This marks the latest twist weeks following Belichick’s appearance on “CBS News Sunday Morning” back in April while promoting his upcoming book about his coaching life. In the interview, Hudson objected to a question about how the two had met, while Tony Dokoupil referred to her during the segment as being a “constant presence” in the interview.
Days following the interview, Belichick released his own statement defending Hudson, saying she was “doing her job.”
“The final eight-minute segment does not reflect the productive 35-minute conversation which we had, which covered a wide range of topics related to my career,” Belichick said in his statement. “Instead, it presents selectively edited clips and stills from just a few minutes of the interview to suggest a false narrative — that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation — which is simply not true.”
Belichick also said he told his publicist with book publisher Simon & Schuster that any promotional interviews would “agree to focus solely on the contents of the book.” But CBS News pushed back in its own statement on April 30.
“When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview,” the statement said. “There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed.”
During his statement, Belichick said he shares “both a personal and professional relationship” with Hudson and that he expected the interview would focus solely on the book release instead of his personal life. He said Hudson had “stepped in to reiterate that point to help refocus the discussion” in an effort to “ensure the interview stayed on track.”
During the CBS interview, Belichick shrugged off attention on his relationship with Hudson, saying: “Never been too worried about what everybody else thinks, just try to do what I feel like is best for me and what’s right.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.