Decades before Bill Belichick led the Patriots to four Super Bowl wins, he spent a year early in his coaching career as an assistant for the Denver Broncos.
In 1978, Belichick served as an assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant for head coach Red Miller and defensive coordinator Joe Collier.
“It was very good and beneficial, the year for me, working with Joe Collier, Richie McCabe on the defensive side of the ball,” Belichick said Wednesday on a conference call with the Denver media. “There was also Stan Jones who was on that staff as well.