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Bill Belichick is happy to have his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, supporting him in his first season as North Carolina’s head football coach.
During an interview with “Good Morning America” on Friday, Belichick told Michael Strahan that Hudson has been “terrific” and explained her role in his professional life, which doesn’t involve UNC football.
“She’s been terrific through the whole process, and she’s been really helpful to me,” Belichick said when asked about the attention their relationship has received. “She does the business things that don’t relate to North Carolina that come up in my life, so I can concentrate football and that’s really what I want to do.”
Belichick, who appeared on “GMA” to promote his new book, “The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football,” which was released May 6, mentioned that he included Hudson in it.
He referred to Hudson as his “idea mill” and “creative muse.”
“I acknowledge her in the book, she was very helpful on that with the tribute pages and also giving a perspective of the book from kind of the business side,” Belichick said. “Sometimes I get a little football technical, and so she did a good job of keeping that balance there.”
When asked what does Jordon mean to you, Belichick said, “We have a personal relationship. You know I’m not talking about personal relationships, Michael, you know that.”
“Are you happy?” Strahan asked.
“Yeah,” Belichick said with a smile.
The coach laughed when Strahan mentioned his viral Instagram photo with Hudson that showed the couple doing yoga poses on the beach.
It was his second televised interview in which he explained that his professional life and personal life are two separate things after his disastrous “CBS Sunday Mornings” interview.
During a Tuesday appearance on “SportsCenter,” Belichick said Hudson has nothing to do with the UNC football program.
“That’s really off to the side, it’s a personal relationship,” he told ESPN while at the ACC Spring Meetings. “She doesn’t have anything to do with UNC football.”
Belichick told ESPN he discussed the situation surrounding his personal life with his team and that it won’t be a distraction.
“I talked to the players when we meet with them,” Belichick said. “We want to make the players the best they can be and giving them the best opportunity on and off the field.”
That day, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham avoided any mention of Hudson while discussing Belichick’s role as head football coach amid potential distractions in the program.
“Bill’s been great to work with,” Cunningham said. “He talked about practicing like a pro and he runs a professional organization that is teaching students how to be professional in all aspects of their life. He is a very determined, professional individual, and that’s the way he carries himself and the way he conducts the program.”
Belichick and Hudson have been under a microscope after Hudson interrupted Belichick’s CBS interview when the former NFL coach was asked about how the couple met.
They went public with their romance last year.
