Brady as an OC Post-NFL??

I would give this a less than .1% chance. He'll join an investment team and buy a club or two. See Derek Jeter.

He will make guest appearances here and there. Hopefully he will come around UM's football program more with extra time 

I agree, Brady is a competitor.  And he is most definitely NOT going to fade into the sunset once he retires.  But would he want to compete in Ann Arbor?  Honestly, I can't imagine there's anything the University could offer him to make him want to come back here.  The only X factor we have is our getting pounded so thoroughly by ohio state year after year.  It may play to his emotions.  Even that might not merit more than the occasion pep talk from him before big games.

On a related note, I'd gladly throw some money at the University if they need help putting together a contract to secure the GOAT one day.  He just wins, and I'd like to see it here before I die...

Hard sell?  What are you talking about?!?

He has said in the past that he probably wouldn't like coaching because he can't directly influence the game. Something like watching someone else take snaps and make the decisions would be frustrating.

Look at Manning. He retired and has since kicked around the idea of working in the sports media or as a GM, but no real wanting to be a coach.

He'll become a regular on Shark Tank.

I feel like he'd just get angry at his quarterbacks for not working hard enough.

(I think you mean "excel," OP.)

An interesting topic for speculation. Tom's abilities in this regard seem to be unique. Usually a GOAT is one of the most physically gifted at the craft-he is not. A person of GOAT or near GOAT status seldom makes a good coach. Here, however, Tom may have both the ability and desire to pull this off. Clearly Mr. Tom Brady loves to compete athletically. There were several situations last evening where he was certainly shown to be making both the play and personnel calls. Obviously, it's his call.

Yeah, Tom Brady is going to continue giving up time with his family (and his business ventures) to get into coaching and all the thanklessness that comes with it. In fact, I heard that Woodson is gonna be his DC and Desmond will be OC.

Good grief.

I don’t know if he’d ever consider college coaching, he’s spent 5x the amount of time he was at UM in the pros. I think he’s more comfortable in the NFL and would coach there. But he’s for sure a future coach, if he decides to be one. 

I could see him buying a team and being a co-owner or being a GM over being a coach. Just doesn’t seem like he will be on the field once his playing days are done

How about Brady and Henson as Co-OC. They could swap play calling duties at the half!

Doubt it...the greats move on with their lives for the most part. He’ll come around sparingly but stay out of the public light ala Montana, Jordan and Gretzky.

He'll do whatever he wants and I'm sure he'll be great at it. That said, I suspect all he is concerned about is playing and winning right now. In 10 years, who knows?

Can you imagine how insanely maddening it would be for the greatest QB of all time trying to understand why an 18 year old kid just can't seem to grasp all the knowledge and progressions he's had functioning as reflexes for decades? I don't think he'll do any coaching after he retires, but if he does I feel like it would have to be in the NFL where he could work with professionals.

We can dream but I don't think a 45-year old retired legend QB worth hundreds of millions of dollars is going to want to subject himself to the grind of being a coach anywhere. Why would he bother?

I hope michigan pays him $10 million per year just to show up during recruiting visits, wear all of his rings, and say "Hi, I'm Tom Brady. Would you like to commit to Michigan?"

How many Hall of Famers have become coaches? Ditka, Singletary, Deion just recently. It doesn't seem like many want to coach after their playing careers are over. 

Brady can do whatever he wants to do...

He's such a competitor, I think he'd be a great coach, but i think that he'd lose his mind if players don't execute well...

I could see him more in an executive role like a GM as being something he might be interested in.

But it would be hard to see him leave the game entirely. He be a phenomenal hire as an analysis or NFL ambassador

I just wonder if he will ever eat a burger and fries after he retires.  Or have a beer.

No way. He wouldn't get nearly enough attention. 

If I had his money and Gisele waiting for me, the choice would not be difficult. You'll probably see him on the course a lot to scratch the competitive itch. Coaching is too demading but Brady looking to stick around the game he has insane passion for would also not surprise me one bit.

I think the chance is very low, as incredible as it would be to have him back in Ann Arbor coaching future iterations of himself.

Brady is his team's OC now.  He is the ultimate Player-Coach.  When you take away the Player part, you have to believe his own predictions that he would not enjoy being just a coach because of the inability to directly impact play.

What I find interesting is he must absolutely love the process and grind he goes through.  He doesn’t need to keep playing but he keeps pushing himself.  

He also seemed to legitimately mentor some of the younger players on Tampa.

Who knows what he will do but a guy who keeps grinding to compete strikes me as someone who isn’t ever going to ride into the sunset and just chill.  My guess is he doesn’t spend much time ruminating on it now because he is so focused on doing everything he has to do every day to be able to play at the highest level.

Star players who had "it" rarely transition to being great coaches.

The best player-coach transitions seem to be players who have experienced a ton of different situations and, at least at some point in their careers, had to struggle to find an edge to keep themselves relevant.  Your team only has a handful of stars.  As a coach, you have to figure out how to motivate the rest of the guys, and you can't just tell them "be awesome like I always was."

I could see Brady being a private QB coach, but I don't see head coaching in his future.  I obviously could be dead wrong, but how many other star QBs have become NFL or major college coaches?  Yes I know Harbaugh, but I would hesitate to call him an NFL "star".  

I wonder if Brady would be a ventriloquist after the NFL?  Seems like it would fit his work ethic.

Maybe we should have celebrities be president too

I figure by the time that Brady will be ready to move on from his playing days, artificial intelligence will be handling the X's and O's and cyborgs will be standard issue for offensive and defensive lines.

There’s scant evidence that top players = top coaches. It’s a little apples-oranges. 

Hang on, let me text him and ask him. I'll get back to you.

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He told me he wants to be Harbaugh's QB coach at Michigan.

He’ll never coach, but if he did it wouldn’t be in AA, he’s made sure to say over and over again he’ll never live in a cold city 

Brady as OC.  Might as well get Woodson as DC and Hutchinson as the OL Coach, and Howard as WR Coach, and Grbac as QB coach and Messner as DL Coach and Shazor as S Coach. 

These takes are ridiculous.

I don't think he wants to coach. He's honestly the one guy I can't put my finger on as to what he will do when he decides his playing days are over. He's not made for commentating like Peyton would've been or Brees apparently will be. He doesn't strike me as a coach, but I don't think he'll fade away into nothingness.

Can't vouch for the accuracy of this:

Bündchen's estimated net worth is double that of Tom Brady's at $400 million. The married couple has a combined net worth of $600 million, and they'll only get richer if Brady brings the Buccaneers a Super Bowl victory on Sunday.

I have a sneaky feeling his wife won't allow him to do that.

Coaches are always traveling, for games and recruiting.  It's not very good for "the family man".  He doesn't need the money.  His family is already sacrificing time, with him, for his legacy desires.  Once he retires....he'll more than likely take a GM role, and spend more time with his family.  His competitive nature will be satisfied with building a team, but his family will have him around more.  Possibly, to start seeing his kids go into sports themselves.  Remember, his oldest is 13.  His kids are 13,11, and 8.

Probably Joe Montana is the best corollary. I doubt we see much of Brady in retirement, and I expect he would not be interesting on TV. 

Important conversation to have. . . with predictable regularity on mgoblog! Don't think I've ever seen a shred of information from the source about whether that would interest him even a little bit.