Who is Bill Belichick's son? Steve Belichick expected to join North Carolina football staff
North Carolina has found its next football coach in Bill Belichick.
The Tar Heels made the announcement of the six-time Super Bowl champion joining as Mack Brown's replacement official on Wednesday, Dec. 11, filling one of college football's several vacant head coaching positions with arguably the biggest hire of the coaching carousel season.
Bill Belichick's hiring at North Carolina means he won't be the only Belichick on the Tar Heels' coaching staff.
The 72-year-old coach's son, Steve Belichick, is believed to be heading cross country to join his dad's staff after one season serving as Washington's defensive coordinator following Washington's bowl game on New Year's Eve. Steve will reportedly be the Tar Heels' new defensive coordinator, per reports from Matt Zenitz.
Here's what to know about Bill Belichick's son, Steve Belichick, amid the report that he will join his father in Chapel Hill at North Carolina:
Who is Bill Belichick's son?
Bill Belichick's son is Steve Belichick, the oldest of Bill Belichick's two sons.
Following Bill Belichick's mutual agreement to part ways with New England after the 2023 NFL season, Steve Belichick moved to the college ranks to be the defensive coordinator at Washington. Steve Belichick spent 11 seasons on Bill Belichick's staff in New England in various defensive coaching roles from 2012-2023.
According to a report from Oliver Connelly at The Guardian on Dec. 6, part of Bill Belichick's negotiations with North Carolina included Steve Belichick becoming the program's next-in-line coach after Belichick retires or leaves the program. those reports are as of yet unconfirmed.
Steve Belichick spent one season as the long snapper at Rutgers in 2011, on top of being a four-year letterman on the Scarlet Knight's men's lacrosse team.
Steve Belichick age
Steve Belichick is 36 years old. He was born on March 25, 1987 in Summit, New Jersey.
Steve Belichick coaching career
Steve Belichick finished his first season as the defensive coordinator at the University of Washington on Jeff Fisch's staff.
In Steve Belichick's first season in Seattle, the Huskies' defense ranked 27th in the country in total defense, giving up an average of 324.8 yards per game. Washington's defense ranked 46th in scoring defense (22.83 points per game) and tied for 52nd in red zone defense (81.0%) as well.
Before joining Fisch's staff in Seattle this season, Steve Belichick spent 12 seasons on his dad's coaching staff with the Patriots. He started as a defensive assistant in New England from 2012-2015 before being elevated to the Patriots safeties coach from 2016-2018.
He took over the Patriots' "defensive play-calling duties" in 2019 when he became the team's secondary and safeties coach after Brian Flores left the Patriots for the Miami Dolphins' head coaching job. Steve Belichick, who coached the team's outside linebackers unit from 2020-23, never was formally given the title of the team's defensive coordinator despite calling the plays.
Steve Belichick helped the Patriots to three Super Bowl titles — in 2014, 2016 and 2018 — throughout his time in Foxborough.
Here's a breakdown of Steve Belichick's coaching career:
- 2012-15: Patriots defensive assistant
- 2016-2018: Patriots safeties coach
- 2019: Patriots secondary/safeties coach
- 2020-23: Patriots outside linebackers coach
- 2024: Washington defensive coordinator *
* Denotes college coaching job