Steve Belichick Shares How Father Bill Belichick Is Doing After Patriots Ouster
The legendary coach’s son (and new Washington DC) made a rare podcast appearance Friday.
As Bill Belichick awaits his next coaching job, his son has already secured a new position after leaving the New England Patriots.
After more than a decade on the Patriots staff filling multiple defensive position coach roles, Steve Belichick is heading to college football. He is joining the staff of former New England assistant Jedd Fisch as the defensive coordinator Washington.
Media appearances by the younger Belichick have been quite rare over the years. On Friday, he appeared on former Patriots defensive lineman Chris Long’s Green Light podcast to discuss his career change and swap some stories from New England. Naturally, Long had to ask Belichick how his father is doing after being dismissed by the franchise and failing to land another head coaching job for 2024.
“I think he’s good. Let the stuff roll off your back and move forward,” Steve Belichick said of his father. “He doesn’t dwell, unless we lost the game and he needs to get on some guys, but eventually you need to turn the page. Honestly I wasn’t too involved in any of that stuff, he did his thing, I did my thing and that was kind of that.”
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While Bill Belichick will reportedly eye jobs for 2025, his son hints that he might try to do some media work during the year off, joking that he could be a regular on Long’s podcast. The two discussed his impressive showing on College GameDay for December’s Army-Navy Game as proof that he has more personality and humor than he let on during his 24 seasons with the Patriots.
Outside of potential media opportunities and some time in Nantucket, Steve Belichick expects his father to remain very involved with breaking down the game—potentially to Washington’s benefit at some point this year.
“His hobbies would still be to critique football,” he said. “So you know he was excited when I came out here because he got to evaluate the scheme last year, evaluate the players last year. I’m sure he’ll come out here at some point to do some stuff. The guy just loves football.”