Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick have a well-documented friendship and that may have helped one of Saban’s assistants make a move to New England.
Bruce Feldman of TheAthletic.com reports that Joe Houston is joining the Patriots as an assistant special teams coach. Houston was a special teams analyst for the Crimson Tide last year.
Houston was a kicker at USC and has also worked as the special teams coordinator at Iowa State.
The Patriots’ previous special teams coordinator Joe Judge also came to the team from Tuscaloosa.