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Bill Belichick to Hire His Own Son for Key Coaching Role at UNC

The legendary NFL coach has poached his own son from another top program to be his new defensive coordinator.

Bill Belichick is expected to soon poach his son from the University of Washington to be his defensive coordinator at the University of North Carolina. The bombshell hiring, which reports say will become official after Steve Belichick’s $1.2 million buyout at Washington expires on Dec. 31, is perhaps the biggest hire Belichick has made since he was announced as UNC’s head coach earlier this month. The younger Belichick, 37, was a defensive assistant under his father in New England for 12 years. He’s the third hire in Belichick’s Tar Heel era, coming after Freddie Kitchens was announced as an offensive assistant and Michael Lombardi as its general manager. The elder Belichick, who boasts an impressive eight Super Bowl wins as a head and assistant coach, worked in the NFL between 1975 and this January. The 72-year-old is now risking his legacy to take on college football, where he’s carrying big expectations—and a fat paycheck of $10 million annually, doubling that of his predecessor—to turn around UNC’s middling football program and have it competing for a national championship as early as next season.