Through the first eight weeks of the season, it’s still a bit unknown who is calling the defensive plays for the New England Patriots. Is it Stephen Belichick, Jerod Mayo, or the mastermind himself, Bill Belichick?
Stephen Belichick is a former college lacrosse and football player from Rutgers University. Stephen was a defense-man on the lacrosse team, and he was a long-snapper in football under Greg Schiano, Belichick’s long-time associate and friend.
When Stephen Belichick graduated from Rutgers in 2012, he joined the New England Patriots coaching staff as a defensive assistant. Ironically enough, Stephen was on the coaching staff in 2014 during Super Bowl XLIX, when fellow defensive coach Jerod Mayo was still playing for the senior Belichick.