The New England Patriots have employed their former participant Mike Vrabel because the workforce’s subsequent head coach. The information comes every week after Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft fired one other former Patriots participant, Jerod Mayo, after the workforce completed 4-13 in his lone season as coach.
Vrabel, a fan favourite throughout eight seasons as a participant in New England the place he was a member of the franchise’s first three Tremendous Bowl titles and an inductee into the workforce’s Corridor of Fame in 2023, was the popular candidate due to his lengthy affiliation with the Pats and training success throughout six seasons in Tennessee.
In hiring the 49-year-old, Kraft is popping to a different former Patriots defensive standout who, like Mayo, constructed a repute as a coach for his capacity to narrate to gamers.
However Mayo, who served as assistant underneath former longtime Patriots coach Invoice Belichick, was a first-time head coach and struggled to get outcomes from a younger roster led by rookie quarterback Drake Maye. Kraft stated that whereas he thought he had recognized the successor to Belichick in Mayo, in hindsight he now believes he wasn’t fairly able to be an NFL head coach.
In Vrabel’s case, nonetheless, he arrives with a head teaching resume burnished by a 56-48 total file in Tennessee from 2018 to 2023. That features a 2-3 file within the playoffs and AFC championship sport look in 2019 as a part of a run of three straight postseason berths.
Vrabel served in a guide function with Cleveland this season, however his contract expired, permitting him to talk with different groups. He additionally was interviewed by the New York Jets. The lure of New England received out and now he’ll look to rebuild the franchise he has been related to most throughout his NFL profession.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson additionally interviewed for the job.
