Ryan Walters will be Washington’s next defensive coordinator, the team announced on Friday. He replaces Steve Belichick, who is reportedly headed to North Carolina to join his father Bill Belichick’s new staff.

While Steve Belichick just sort of absent-mindedly disappeared from the University of Washington football program, with no public farewell or formal acknowledgement of any sort, the Huskies announced on Friday that former Purdue head coach Ryan Walters will become the new defensive coordinator.

In a move that had been rumored for over a week, the Washington Huskies officially announced the hire of former Purdue head coach Ryan Walters as the team's new defensive coordinator on Friday morning.