Bill Belichick and UCF HC Scott Frost have more history than you'd expect

Bill Belichick has a coaching tree akin to that of legendary Alabama head coach Nick Saban, the G.O.A.T. of college football.

However, only recently did people start tying Belichick to college coaches, simply because he had never coached at the collegiate level until he took over the UNC Tar Heels' program this year.

Yet, with Belichick and North Carolina staring down the UCF Knights as their next opponent, people have looked back through his illustrious football history and found a connection to UCF head coach Scott Frost that most people would never guess.

When Belichick was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of the New York Jets in the late 1990s, Frost was actually on his roster.

Frost played safety for the Jets, one of his many teams in the NFL, from 1998 until 2000, and, of course, his defensive coordinator was none other than Belichick.

Since then, Frost and Belichick have yet to share a field again, the UCF coach sticking to college football other than a one-year stint with the Los Angeles Rams, and Belichick obviously sticking to the pros, until now.

When Belichick was asked about his connection with the head coach of the Tar Heels' upcoming opponent, Belichick gave credit where credit was due but also made sure everyone remembered he wasn't new to this.

"I've coached against a few people I've had before, so," Belichick said. "When we drafted Scott [Frost], it was in the third round, and he was a college quarterback that made the conversion to safety. So, he had a lot to learn obviously, but he picked it up very quickly...

"He had a very good feel, defensively, for what the offense did, with what the quarterback was looking at... Scott was a hard-working guy, he was smart, and again, was very versatile as a football player."

North Carolina and Central Florida are scheduled to play on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 3:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on FOX.