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Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson have broken up, according to reports.
The pair first crossed paths on an airplane in 2021 and were romantically linked in 2023 but went public with their romance the next year. The University of North Carolina head football coach, 74, faced intense scrutiny over his nearly 50-year age gap with Hudson, 25, who is a beauty pageant contestant and former cheerleader.
But, according to TMZ, the pair split “late last year” but are still “committed to their business partnerships and remain close friends.”
Neither Belichick nor Hudson has publicly commented on the split. The Independent has requested comment from both of them.
The former New England Patriots head coach and Hudson have made multiple public appearances in the last year, including at the 2026 Kentucky Derby, which marked Hudson’s last Instagram post that included Belichick. Hudson has since been seen on the sidelines of Belichick’s football games at UNC.
News of their alleged breakup comes just weeks after Belichick was forced to shut down rumors suggesting that Hudson was vying for a behind-the-scenes role with the UNC football team.
Questions over Hudson’s involvement with the Tar Heels emerged after reports revealed that Belichick had asked UNC staff to copy her on emails sent to him.
In a September interview with The Wall Street Journal, Belichick confirmed Hudson has no official role in the football program, as the university has stated in the past.
“The way the story was picked up was a long way from that,” he said. “Like, ‘She’s trying to be the general manager of the team,’ and it’s so ridiculous.”
He continued: “I sent an email when I got here and I said, ‘Can you please forward any requests to Jordon about my personal appearances so that I can work and coordinate them outside the university?’ Didn’t have anything to do with the university.”
Belichick claimed the email was subsequently leaked and characterized as evidence that Hudson is “involved in every single thing that I do and she’s copied on every email,” which he called “just a flat-out lie.”
When asked about Hudson’s involvement in his work, Belichick said: “There are some things that she helps me schedule or look at. It’s not North Carolina stuff.”
A university spokesperson confirmed to the WSJ that Hudson has no football-related “responsibilities.”
Prior to that, Hudson raised eyebrows when she interrupted Belichick mid-interview. On a 2025 episode of CBS Sunday Morning, journalist Tony Dokoupil asked Belichick how he met Hudson. But she quickly interjected while outside of the main frame of the interview to tell Dokoupil that Belichick wouldn’t be answering that question.
In a voiceover during the segment, Dokoupil stated: “It’s a topic neither one of them is comfortable commenting on.”