Bill Belichick left last month to become the head coach of the New England Patriots, but that doesn’t mean at least one member of his bloodline isn’t still on the sidelines in Foxboro.
The Patriots have retained Brian Belichick, who is the team’s safeties coach through 2020, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss.
Brian began his coaching career as a scouting assistant in New England in 2016 before being promoted to assistant coach from 2017 to 2019 and safeties coach in 2020.He worked closely with first-year head coach Jerod Mayo during his time as the team’s linebackers coach.
Brian’s older brother Steve recently left the organization after 11 years to become the new defensive coordinator at the University of Washington. Steve has held a variety of positions with the Patriots, including safeties coach, defensive backs coach and outside linebackers coach.
With Mayo defensive line coach DeMarcus Covington promoted to defensive coordinator, Reiss said Bryan could keep his safeties coach job in New England.The Patriots front office and coaching staff have changed since Beal was fired after 24 years with the franchise.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday that Patriots director of scouting Eliot Wolf, who oversees personnel departments, will make the final decisions on the 53-man roster, while director of player personnel Matt Groh will make the decision final on the 53-man roster. he will oversee college scouting.New England also added former Miami Hurricanes general manager of football operations Alonzo Highsmith to its staff on Wednesday, but his position has not been announced.
In addition to keeping Bryan and promoting Covington, other coaching changes for the Patriots included naming Alex Van Pelt as their new offensive coordinator and hiring former Browns assistant T.C. McCartney coached the running backs and Scott Peters coached the offensive line.
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