{"id":754091,"date":"2026-02-15T15:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/754091\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:54:11","slug":"nfls-denver-broncos-hire-former-usc-football-assistant-doug-belk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/754091\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL\u2019s Denver Broncos hire former USC football assistant Doug Belk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb. 15, 2026, 6:38 a.m. PT<\/p>\n

Last month, it was reported that USC secondary coach Doug Belk will not be returning to the Trojans in 2026<\/a>. Recently, we learned where he will be coaching next fall.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reported<\/a> that the NFL\u2019s Denver Broncos<\/a> are set to hire Belk. He will join the team as their defensive backs coach.<\/p>\n

Belk is the second USC assistant coach to take an NFL job this offseason. He joins defensive line coach Eric Henderson, who was recently hired by the Washington Commanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Belk served as USC\u2019s secondary coach for the past two seasons. Prior to that, he coached defensive backs at Houston and West Virginia.<\/p>\n

Unlike with Henderson, the Trojans<\/a> will not need to conduct a search for Belk\u2019s replacement. USC recently hired Paul Gonzales<\/a>, who previously worked with new defensive coordinator Gary Patterson at TCU, as defensive backs coach.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 15, 2026, 6:38 a.m. PT Last month, it was reported that USC secondary coach Doug Belk will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[95878,7,98210,96358,96219,96027,95886,105512,95896,95888,96839,95884,95883,98212,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-754091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sstssportscollegetrojansfootball","11":"tag-sstsnfootball","12":"tag-tagbig-10-hub","13":"tag-tagcollege-sports","14":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","15":"tag-tageric-henderson","16":"tag-tagnational-sports","17":"tag-tagnfl","18":"tag-tagsouthern-california-trojans-football","19":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagusc-trojans","22":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116075461067993576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}