Brian Flores played linebacker for Boston College after growing up in, and making it out of, one of the poorest and roughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn. After his dream of playing in the NFL ended with a quadricep injury late in his college career, he got into scouting and was hired by the Patriots as a scout in 2004 at age 23. He would end up spending 15 years under Bill Belichick in the Patriots organization, the first four as a scout, and the last 11 working his way up the coaching ranks, first coaching special teams, and later defense as safeties and linebackers coach, and de facto defensive coordinator and defensive play-caller in 2018.
Brian Flores’ Belichick-Style Defense
