Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick didn't secure a new job this hiring cycle, but he reportedly may not be away from the sidelines for too long.

NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported that Belichick will be a popular head coaching candidate next year.

"Belichick does want to continue to coach and the expectation right now within the league is Belichick is coaching somewhere come 2025," Peliissero said (h/t Christian Arnold of the New York Post). "In fact, I am told shortly after the Falcons opted to hire Raheem Morris over Belichick several weeks ago, multiple owners reached out to Belichick about next year's hiring cycle."

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Despite being arguably the greatest coach in NFL history, Belichick was passed over for all eight head coach openings this year. The only team he was known to have interviewed with was the Falcons. While there were reports that Belichick was seeking complete control of the team in the way he had with the Patriots, Falcons owner Arthur Blank denied that notion.

"I do want to make it 1,000 percent clear, want to go to 2,000 percent or 100,000, whatever percent you want to use: Bill Belichick never asked for, in our discussion, full control of the personnel or the building or anything of that nature," Blank said at the time.

Still, it is believed that Belichick has not lost his desire to continue coaching. The 71-year-old is 15 wins away from breaking Don Shula's all-time record, and Pelissero noted that he's "motivated" to achieve the historic feat.

Belichick is coming off a tumultuous end to his tenure in New England that saw the team post a 4-13 record in 2023, its worst record in 24 years with him at the helm. The six-time Super Bowl champion surely doesn't want to end his legendary career on such a sour note, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see him coaching in 2025.