10 New Belichick Hoodie Facts

By now you’re probably getting sick of the Bill Belichick Hoodie Database. I know I am, but with the help of a great Patriots fan twitter user @fearthe_beard11 I’ve been able to fill in all but ONE hole in the database going all the way back to 2003. (If anyone has the 2003 at Eagles game handy let me know!!)

Just when I think I can take a Hoodie vacation, they suck me back in!

Thanks to his great work, rounding up more than 10 missing games, it means we finally have the complete record of Bill Belichick and his hoodies, especially the one he’s most known for, shown above, the 2003 Gray Reebok Hoodie.

I even went back and re-tallied all the records to make sure it’s all accurate. In all, Belichick wore a variation of the 2003 Reebok Sweatshirt, both hoodie and mock versions, gray and blue, 97 times, going 74-22 (.762 win percentage).

All this new information uncovered even more interesting tidbits about Bill Belichick and the hobo-esque attire he made famous.

Here are 10 new Hoodie Facts I’ve uncovered.

1. In 2008, when the Patriots failed to make the playoffs with Matt Cassel at QB due to a tiebreaker, Belichick wore a jacket for the last five games. No hoodie. Wonder if Belichick held it out in honor of Brady? He wore a variation just five times, going 3-2.
2. From 2009-2011, Belichick was 15-2 in his iconic Gray Reebok Cut Hoodie. The two losses both came in the playoffs, 2009 vs. the Ravens and 2011 vs. the Giants in SB42. The 2010 loss to the Jets cam in the Blue Reebok Cut Hoodie.
3. In 2007, Belichick was 7-0 in his iconic Gray Reebok Cut Hoodie, and perhaps even 8-0 if he was wearing it under the winter jacket he wore in the AFC Championship. This makes the decision to switch that Red Cut Hoodie for Super Bowl 42 all the more maddening.
4. Belichick never wore the uncut Gray Reebok Hoodie after 2007. At that point the cut sleeves were known as his thing and he went with it. It wasn’t until 2013 when he started keeping sleeves intact consistently. In 2015 he never cut the sleeves off once. He came back with a vengeance in 2016 with a cut-to-shit 2016 Gray Mock Cut.
5. Belichick wore the uncut version for the Gray Reebok Mock just once, a 2004 win over the Jets. That was the least worn variation of the 2003 Reebok Hoodie/Mock he’s known best for. He never wore a Blue Reebok Hoodie without cutting the sleeves.
6. Belichick was a perfect 8-0 in the Gray Hoodie in the first year it was introduced. Strangely it’s very hard to see the “New England Patriots” text above “Equipment.
7. He cut off the sleeves for the first time against the Houston Texans in 2003, but that would be the only time he would cut the sleeves off that season. He wouldn’t cut them off again until the 2005 loss to the Chargers, going the entire 2004 season without hacking his hoodie.
8. The worst season for the cut hoodies? 2005. He went 4-3 in the Gray Reebok Cut Hoodie, including the AFCDG loss in Denver, and 0-2 in the Gray Reebok Cut Mock.
9. In the final year of the Reebok hoodies, Belichick wore one in all but three games which were hot weather ones early in the season. He also had cutoff sleeves in all of those 16 games. It was an even split 8-8 between the Gray and Blue, with one of the Blues being a Cut Mock. Rest were hoodies.
10. He was undefeated from 2006-2010 in the Gray Reebok Cut Mock, going 6-0. He had started 0-2 in it in 2005.