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Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has been making headlines a lot lately but not for a new coaching gig. Belichick’s name is in the news regarding the much younger woman he has reportedly been dating after signing her homework during their very first meeting.

Here’s more about Jordon Hudson and her relationship with the legendary NFL coach.

Who Belichick dated before Hudson

Before Belichick began dating a woman 48 years his junior, he was in a relationship with Linda Holliday.

Bill Belichick and Linda Holliday attends Gronk Beach at North Beach Bandshell in Miami, Florida
Bill Belichick and Linda Holliday attends Gronk Beach at North Beach Bandshell in Miami, Florida | Jason Koerner/Getty Images

After his divorce from his first wife Debby Clarke was finalized in 2006, Belichick met Holliday at a nightclub in Palm Beach, Florida. The two started talking, but Holliday was in a relationship with another man. She eventually decided to break things off with him and began dating Belichick.

In the years that followed, Holliday became a fixture at Patriots games and was by his side for a number of events. She even served as the executive director for the Bill Belichick Foundation. However, reports of a messy split between the two became public in 2023. It’s believed that they were involved in a drawn-out, back-and-forth breakup for nearly a year.

How Belicheck and Hudson met

According to TMZ, Belichick, who has three children from his marriage to Clarke and six grandchildren, met Hudson during a flight from Boston to Florida in 2021.

At the time, Hudson was a student at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, and the two began chatting about her homework for a philosophy class. Before the plane landed, they exchanged contact information and Belichick autographed her textbook, signing: “Jordon, Thanks for giving me a course in logic! Safe travels!”

While they went their separate ways that day, they kept in contact and became romantically involved after the former coach and Holliday ended things.

Hudson is a former cheerleader and beauty pageant queen

Hudson graduated from BSU with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy in May 2022 and is currently the executive director of Trouble Club Enterprises in Boston. She’s also a beauty school graduate completing cosmetology courses at the New England Hair Academy and once worked as a Henna tattoo artist.

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In addition, Hudson was a cheerleader in college and won a national championship with the squad in 2021.

“I’d like to put out how grateful I am for the sport that kept me anchored through difficult seasons of adolescence and young adulthood, engrained resilience, discipline, and punctuality into my bones (thanks J$) and brought me lifelong friends,” she wrote about the positive impact cheerleading has had on her life per Page Six.

She continued to compete in the sport after graduation and Belichick was spotted rooting for her during the 2024 Coastal at The Capitol Cheer and Dance event in Maryland last March. That same month, Hudson competed in the Miss Maine USA pageant and was the first runner-up behind winner Anne Baldridge.