Bill Belichick’s son is in the unique position of remaining on the Patriots staff after his father left the team.
New Patriots coach Jerrod Mayo, who played for Bill and later coached under him, retained Bryan as New England’s safeties coach.
Bryan spoke to reporters at Patriots’ overtime activities on Wednesday about his decision to stay.
“I’ve really enjoyed coaching here, living here and working with the players every day,” Bryan said. CBS Sports reported:.
“I got the opportunity to coach in the National Football League. What more could I want?”
Brian joined the Patriots staff in 2017 and said the strange separation from his father and older brother, Steve, who became the defensive coordinator at the University of Washington, improved the family dynamic.
“This gets a little personal about our family dynamic, but in some ways, it’s been good for us to have some distance from seeing each other every day at the football stadium. But now, we’re not just connected by football,” Bryan said.
“It wasn’t like that before, but we’re not in the same place every day, we’re in different places so we talk about other things. There’s a lot to talk about football so when you see each other every day for work it’s hard not to get carried away with that.”
Mayo also praised Bryan.
“He was fantastic, absolutely fantastic,” the head coach said.
“There are some other guys in the organization that have been a little bit of a drag for him, but they’ve handled it appropriately. Brian loves football and he loves New England. I think we talked a little bit about this earlier, but the recruit here loves it and he wants to stay here. We’re happy to have him here.”
