AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — When Bill Belichick turned the corner inside a ritzy hotel along the Atlantic Coast, conversations hushed and eyes diverted for a quick peek at possibly the greatest football coach of all time.
The attention is not new for the eight-time Super Bowl champion, who shocked the sports world when he was hired as North Carolina’s head coach in December. But football of course wasn’t the main topic among administrators and coaches whenever Belichick bounced to and fro between meetings and social gatherings Monday and Tuesday at the ACC’s annual spring meetings. No, they were more interested in his personal life.
As evidenced by one athletic director’s wife, who said she was halfway through a podcast detailing the Miss Maine pageant which Jordon Hudson, Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend, competed in over the weekend, the drama off the field remains the predominant storyline surrounding North Carolina football.
Hudson crashed into the national spotlight two weeks ago during a CBS News interview in which she was a constant presence. When Belichick was asked by Tony Dokoupil how he met Hudson, she interjected with the now-famous line: “We are not talking about this,” which sent the…
