FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Brian Belichick, who spent the previous 5 seasons because the New England Patriots’ safeties coach, won’t return to the crew in 2025, in keeping with a league supply.
Belichick, the youngest son of former Patriots coach Invoice Belichick, grew up a fan of the crew and spent the previous 9 years on workers — first as a personnel assistant (2016), then a training assistant (2017-19), earlier than being elevated to safeties coach in 2020.
“He simply brings a distinct stage of how he sees the sport, how he thinks the sport,” security Jabrill Peppers mentioned in 2024. “He holds us to a really excessive normal and has coached loads of nice DBs again there.”
The Patriots’ teaching workers is in transition for the second yr in a row. New head coach Mike Vrabel changed Jerod Mayo following a 4-13 season.
Vrabel employed former Titans and Lions line of defense coach Terrell Williams as his defensive coordinator. There was a query of whether or not Vrabel would think about retaining Belichick and cornerbacks coach Mike Pellegrino to pair with Williams, however neither can be again, with a supply saying Tuesday that Pellegrino additionally will not return.
Invoice Belichick enters his first season as head coach on the College of North Carolina, the place his oldest son, Steve, will function an assistant coach. Invoice Belichick was out of soccer in 2024, whereas Steve Belichick served as defensive coordinator on the College of Washington final season.
One theme amongst new defensive assistants is ties to Vrabel from his tenure as Titans head coach (2018-23), with Clinton McMillan and Zak Kuhr set to hitch the workers, in keeping with sources.
Different elements of Vrabel’s workers are additionally being put into place, with former Payments and Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone and former Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown among the many key hires on offense to work below coordinator Josh McDaniels, in keeping with sources.
Vrabel additionally retained particular groups coordinator Jeremy Springer and high particular groups assistant Tom Quinn.
