Bill Belichick's decision to take his first college coaching job at age 73 is one of college football's biggest offseason storylines. Given the makeup of his staff, plenty have assumed that a Belichick will be coaching the Tar Heels for the forseeable future, even after Bill ultimately departs, whether through retirement or a return to the NFL.
Steve Belichick, who beat his father to the college ranks by a year after serving as defensive coordinator at Washington in 2024, will hold the same position for his father this fall. The younger Belichick previously worked under his father in a variety of defensive roles with the New England Patriots, and will now lead his first college defense, and will make $1.3 million this fall according to WRAL. However, the full terms of his contract are not yet known and, according to the Ovies & Giglio podcast, FOIA requests for the deal have been denied, spurning rumors that it could be because of "coach in waiting" language.
