Belichick Keynote Speaker at Rutgers Coaches Clinic
Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano and his staff will welcome hundreds of coaches to Rutgers' Annual Football Coaches Clinic April 9–10, 2010 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Joining the Rutgers coaching staff in this year's event will be New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who will serve as a keynote speaker. The clinic will feature lectures and demonstrations by Schiano and the coaching staff. Clinic attendees will have an opportunity to observe a practice on Friday, April 9, and an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, April 10, in Rutgers Stadium. The clinic costs $55 per person and includes clinic materials, Friday's lunch and dinner and a coaches' Friday night social.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Patriots Win Outstanding Overall Player Development Award
"After receiving top honors for the team's financial education seminars three of the last four years, the NFL Player Development Department awarded the New England Patriots with this year's Outstanding Overall Player Development Award. At the annual meetings last week, awards were given to the NFL Player Development departments in the areas of financial education, continuing education, career development and life skills, with the Outstanding Overall Player Development Award honoring the club that excels in programming in all four areas of player development. In addition to their financial education, the NFL Player Development Department identified a few of the Patriots' recent initiatives as strengths of the program, including a safe boating program that was designed to raise awareness of risks after the boating tragedy that claimed the lives of two NFL players in the Gulf of Mexico last year. The team was also credited with their creative implementation of life skills training sessions. Boston Celtics Head Coach Doc Rivers was a guest speaker at one of the sessions this year. Last year, the Patriots earned their second consecutive award for the financial development area of their program, which includes 14 detailed financial seminars for rookies and veterans. During the 2010 regular season, an NFL representative will attend a Patriots home game to recognize the team's prestigious award with an on-field presentation." —New England Patriots

Friday, March 12, 2010
VIDEO:  Patriots All Access
Watch the new episode of Patriots All Access online at patriots.com
"Dan Roche re-caps a wild first week of the NFL new year · Vince Wilfork sits down with Steve Burton for his first television interview since signing his new contract with the Patriots · Burton also goes one-on-one with Player Personnel Director Nick Caserio to break down the first week of free-agency · ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss and Patriots Football Weekly's Paul Perillo offer their thoughts on the Patriots off-season moves to date, as well as their opinions on additional off-season needs."
full episode | caserio transcript

Patriots Re-Sign Leigh Bodden, Sign Marques Murrell
"The New England Patriots announced today the re-signing of CB Leigh Bodden and the signing of LB Marques Murrell. … Murrell, 6-2, 250 pounds, is a veteran of three NFL seasons (2007-09) with the New York Jets. He originally joined the NFL as a rookie free agent with Philadelphia out of Appalachian State in 2007. Murrell began his career on the Eagles' practice squad and was signed to the Jets 53-man roster on Nov. 7, 2007. He has played in 26 NFL games and accumulated 21 total tackles on defense and 27 tackles on special teams."
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Patriots Re-Sign Kevin Faulk
"The New England Patriots have re-signed unrestricted free agent running back Kevin Faulk. Terms of the contract were not announced. Faulk has filled various roles since joining the team in 1999 as a second-round pick (46th overall) out of LSU. He is the Patriots all-time leader in all-purpose yards (12,140) and kickoff return yards (4,098) and is the Patriots' all-time leading return specialist, totaling 5,031 combined return yards (4,098 kick return yards and 933 punt return yards)."
full details | conference call

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Patriots Re-Sign Vince Wilfork and Stephen Neal
"The New England Patriots announced today that they have re-signed NT Vince Wilfork and unrestricted free agent G Stephen Neal. Terms of the contracts were not announced. New England had utilized its 2010 franchise designation on Wilfork on Feb. 22."
full details | wilfork conference call | neal conference call

Monday, March 8, 2010
BOSTON GLOBE:  Amanda Belichick — Making It On Her Own
"Coach Belichick, who played lacrosse at Wesleyan in the 1970s, is sometimes cryptic, but he minces no words talking about his daughter. 'She always worked really hard,' he said. 'Her lacrosse career is her lacrosse career, not mine. She paved her own way. I'm really proud of that. I'm just glad she's happy with what she's doing. We talk sometimes. We talk about coaching no different than I would with [St. Louis Cardinals manager] Tony La Russa or [University of Florida football coach] Urban Meyer.' Amanda is more specific. 'He says, 'You should work on this, because if I was scouting you I'd do this.' Or, 'Figure out how to stop that.' Stuff that we kind of know, too, but it's nice because there are so many moving parts on the sideline it's always helpful.'"
full story | photo gallery

Saturday, March 6, 2010
LIVE AUCTION:  Signed Authentic Bill Belichick Hoodie
All proceeds benefited Boston area St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School. Authentic New England Patriots gray hooded sweatshirt customized by Patriots head coach Bill Belichick with his signature sleeve alterations. Signed and personalized for the winner by Coach Belichick. This was a rare opportunity to own a truly one-of-a-kind sports treasure. Item sold for $1,000.00 at live auction.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Patriots Re-Sign Tully Banta-Cain
"The New England Patriots have re-signed unrestricted free agent linebacker Tully Banta-Cain to a three-year contract. Last season, Banta-Cain started in 10 of the 16 games he played and set a career-high with 10.0 sacks and 60 total tackles. He set a single-game high with a three sack performance in the Patriots' 17-10 victory at Buffalo (12/20)."
full details | conference call

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
AUDIO:  Coach Belichick Congratulates Mike & Mike on 10 Years
Listen to the voice mail message left by Bill Belichick congratulating Mike and Mike on the 10-year anniversary of their ESPN Radio show, "Mike and Mike in the Morning." (3:12 in)
full audio

Patriots Sign Veteran Wide Receiver David Patten
The New England Patriots have announced the signing of veteran WR David Patten. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Patten previously spent four seasons with the Patriots from 2001-04.
full details | '07 story

Friday, February 5, 2010
Bill Belichick Speaks to Patriots.com About the State of the Team's Coaching Staff
"[N]ow that the dust from 2009 has settled, it seems the Patriots coaching staff will remain largely intact. But there has been some notable reshuffling in New England's coaching ranks this offseason. Last month, with his contract due to expire, defensive coordinator Dean Pees announced that he was not returning to New England. To fill the void left by Pees, Belichick will not name a coordinator, but will instead be more involved on defense to share the workload with his assistants. That includes the newly arrived Corwin Brown, a former Patriots safety from 1993-96 who has experience both as a player and a coach in Belichick's systems. Brown, who most recently served as defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, will be assigned to assist the defense, where he will share responsibilities with Josh Boyer coaching New England's defensive backs."
     … "Titles are fine, nothing wrong with them, but the most important thing is each person's role, that we do everything we can to help the players succeed – everyone collectively getting the job done."
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