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Sources: Belichick’s son accepts DC job at UW

Sources: Belichick's son accepts DC job at UW

Steve Belichick has accepted the

Sources confirmed to ESPN last month that Steve Belichick and his younger brother Brian, also a Patriots defensive assistant, were offered an opportunity to remain with New England under new coach Jerod Mayo.

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

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

ESPN’s Field Yates contributed to this report.