It doesn’t appear as if Bill Belichick will be coaching in 2024.
But his son will.
Steve Belichick has been hired as the new defensive coordinator for the University of Washington, per ESPN.
He had served under his father with the Patriots for the last 12 years, and he called defensive plays for the last five seasons, according ESPN.
Many expected Steve would just follow his father wherever the legendary coach landed this coaching cycle, but surprisingly no NFL team hired the 71-year-old.
Both Steve, a linebackers coach, and Brian Belichick, a safeties coach, reportedly received offers to stay on new coach Jerod Mayo’s staff.
Steve passed on that offer as he now will lead the defense for a Washington Huskies program that fell to Michigan in the national championship game last month.
Bill Belichick (l.) and his son Steve Belichick (r.) Getty Images
Steve Belichick will be the new Washington defensive coordinator. APHe worked alongside new Washington coach Jedd Fisch during the 2020 season, when Fisch served as the Patriots’ quarterbacks coach.
Steve joined the Patriots in 2012 and worked with different units through his tenure.
Follow along with The Post's coverage of Bill Belichick's career after the Patriots
- Bill Belichick parted ways with the New England Patriots last month, bidding farewell to the football team’s fans with a full-page ad on page A3 in the Boston Globe.
- Both Mike Vrabel and Belichick will likely not return to head coaching positions in the fall after every team filled its helm, though Jerry Jones said he believes Belichick could help the Cowboys.
- WFAN host and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason claims Belichick wasn’t interested in the Falcons, with whom he interviewed twice and whose owner Arthur Blank made him an offer.
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft spoke out about Belichick not getting a job while at MusiCares to present Jon Bon Jovi with a Person of the Year Award.
- “The NFL Today” analyst Bill Cowher claims that Belichick’s age is one of the reasons team were not interested.
- His son, Steve Belichick, has been recently hired to a coaching position of his own.
- Tom Brady’s father blamed Belichick’s “interpersonal skills” for his Patriots downfall.
He started his career as a coaching assistant from 2012-15, before shifting to the safeties from 2016-18. He then added secondary duties to his pre-existing safeties responsibilities in 2019.
That Patriots defense ranked first in total defense and scoring, and Stephen Gilmore became the first Patriot to win Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year, according to the team.
New Washington coach Jedd Fisch. APSteve then coached the outside linebackers from 2020-21, and then the entire linebackers unit for the past two seasons.
The Patriots won three Super Bowl titles during his time, and his bio in the Patriots’ 2023 media guide praises him for helping Matthew Judon and Josh Uche tally career-high sacks totals.
Brian, the younger brother, coached the safeties for the past four season after spending the 2016-19 seasons as a scouting assistant and then a coaching assistant.
