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Bill Belichick's Son Leaves Patriots Coaching Staff

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Ben Weinrib | Last updated Jan 28, 2025 5:10 PM ET

For the first time this century, the New England Patriots will not have a Belichick on their coaching staff.

One year after long-time coach Bill Belichick parted ways with the franchise, along with his son and outside linebackers coach Stephen, Brian Belichick will depart the Patriots as well, according to a report by ESPN's Mike Reiss.

Brian Belichick has spent the past five seasons as the team's safeties coach, helping oversee part of a New England secondary that ranked top-10 in pass defense three times in that stretch. The Patriots still ranked in the top half of the league in the other two seasons.

After graduating from Trinity College, where he played lacrosse, in 2016, he joined the Pats as a scouting assistant and was promoted to coaching assistant in 2017.

The looming question is whether Brian Belichick will follow his father to the North Carolina coaching staff. Steve Belichick has already joined the Tar Heels staff as the defensive coordinator, following a season in the same position at the University of Washington, and Bill was reportedly pushing for Steve to be named the coach in waiting.

Bill Belichick does not yet have a defensive assistant for safeties, although he did bring on Armond Hawkins as a cornerbacks coach.

Meanwhile, Mike Vrabel, who played linebacker for the Patriots in eight of his 17 NFL seasons, has another set of shoes to fill in New England's coaching staff. He has already brought back a familiar face Josh McDaniels, who is on his third stint as Pats offensive coordinator.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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