Steve Belichick

Stephen Nickolas Belichick (January 7, 1919 – November 19, 2005) was an American football player, coach, and scout. He played college football at Western Reserve University, now part of Case Western Reserve University, from 1938 to 1940 and then in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions in 1941. After serving in World War II, Belichick began his coaching career. From 1946 to 1949, he was the head football coach and the head basketball coach at Hiram College. He continued on as an assistant coach in college football with stints at Vanderbilt University (1949–1952), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1953–1955), and then for 34 years at the United States Naval Academy (1956–1989). Belichick's son, Bill, was the head coach of the NFL's New England Patriots, and currently is the head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He has two grandsons through Bill: Stephen, former defensive coordinator for the Washington Huskies, who now occupies the same position at North Carolina, and Brian, the safeties coach for North Carolina.