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Bill Belichick is bringing his son on staff as he starts his journey at the collegiate level.
Per 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz, Belichick’s son, Steve, will join the Tar Heels staff as a defensive coordinator after his current team, Washington, plays its bowl game. Steve Belichick, who worked under Bill Belichick on the New England Patriots from 2012 to 2013, is the current defensive coordinator for the Huskies.
Steve Belichick joined the Patriots staff as a defensive assistant in 2012 and stayed in that role until 2016 when he became the safeties coach for three seasons. From there, he was New England’s defensive backs coach for one year and was the outside linebackers coach from 2020 until his father’s final season at the helm last year.
He found success in his first season at Washington, taking the Huskies from 99th nationally (406.7 yards per game) in total defense in 2023 to 26th (324.8 yards per game) this year. Washington finished 6-6 and has a date with Louisville in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31.
Steve Belichick is the second addition to Bill Belichick’s coaching staff after he retained Freddie Kitchens as an offensive analyst. Kitchens, who was the tight ends coach and run game coordinator over the past two seasons, was named interim head coach after Mack Brown’s firing and will coach the Tar Heels in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl against UConn.
Bill Belichick has some time to figure out his staff before the fall but said he plans to bring in coaches from the NFL to fill up his staff.
“But look, in the end, I’ve already had a lot of people contact me,” Bill Belichick said during his introductory press conference (h/t On3’s Alex Byington). “There will certainly be a strong presence of NFL people on the staff. I think that’s a certainty. And not only in the staff but in the training area. But at the same time looking for the best people we can get for Carolina, and that fit is a little different than what an NFL team would have, but we’ll see.”
Kitchens, like both Belichick’s, has NFL experience, including one season as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns.
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