Steve Belichick to become DC at Washington, sources confirm

Steve Belichick has accepted the defensive coordinator job at the University of Washington, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Belichick, son of former Patriots coach Bill Belichick, spent the last 12 years as a defensive assistant in New England, including five as a defensive facilitator.

Steve Belichick, 36, previously worked with newly hired Washington head coach Jedd Fisch in 2020, when Fisch was the Patriots' quarterbacks coach.

Sources confirmed to ESPN last month that Steve Belichick and his younger brother Brian, also a Patriots defensive assistant, have been offered the chance to stay with New England under new coach Jerod Mayo.

But Steve Belichick will instead join a revamped coaching staff in Washington under Fisch, who signed a seven-year contract with the Huskies last month after Kalen DeBoer left the program to become Alabama's new coach .

Washington's hiring of Belichick was first reported Sunday by 247Sports.

ESPN's Field Yates contributed to this report.