FOXBORO, MASS. (WHDH) – The New England Patriots have employed Mike Vrabel as their subsequent head coach.
The workforce introduced the hiring Sunday morning. It comes per week after Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo after the workforce’s season finale victory over the Buffalo Payments to complete 4-13 in his lone season as coach.
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.
However Vrabel, a fan favourite throughout eight seasons as a participant in New England the place he was a member of its first three Tremendous Bowl winners and an inductee into the workforce’s Corridor of Fame in 2023, was the popular candidate due to his lengthy affiliation with the franchise and training success throughout his six seasons in Tennessee.
In hiring the 49-year-old Vrabel, Kraft is popping to a different former Patriots defensive standout who, like Mayo, constructed a status as a coach for his skill 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. In explaining Mayo’s dismissal Kraft stated whereas he thought he’d recognized the successor to Belichick, that in hindsight he now believes Mayo 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 document in Tennessee from 2018 to 2023. That features a 2-3 document within the playoffs and AFC championship recreation look in 2019 as a part of a run of three straight postseason berths.
Vrabel served in a marketing consultant 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 gained out and now he’ll look to rebuild the franchise he’s been related to most throughout his NFL profession.
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