Belichick didn't receive the 40 of the 50 votes needed to make the Hall of Fame despite having more Super Bowls (6), conference championships (9), and playoff wins (31) than any head coach in NFL history.
He is third in total regular season wins (302) behind Don Shula (328) and George Halas (318) and won an additional two Super Bowls as the New York Giants' defensive coordinator (1987, 1991).
The 73-year-old head coach coached the New England Patriots for 24 years after spending his first five with the Cleveland Browns.
According to the report, when Belichick received the call over the weekend, his response was "Six Super Bowls not enough?"
Belichick wasn't without controversy during his time with the Patriots. In 2007, the NFL ran an inevstigation on the Patriots in what came to be known as Spygate when the team was caught illegally video taping signals from the New York Jets sideline during Week 1 of the season.
In a timeline between January 2015 to October 2016, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was suspended for the first four games of the 2016 season after evidence found the team tampered with the footballs during the 2015 AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Belichick went on to become to the head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels this past season and finished with a 4-8 record.