49-year-old found success as head coach of Tennessee Titans and will replace Jerod Mayo, who was fired last week
49-year-old found success as head coach of Tennessee Titans and will replace Jerod Mayo, who was fired last weekThe New England Patriots hired franchise legend Mike Vrabel as their next head coach on Sunday morning.
ESPN reported that it was a multi-year contract for Vrabel, who won three Super Bowl titles as a linebacker with New England and was named to the club's Ring of Honor in 2023. "He's back! Patriots Hall of Famer Mike Vrabel returns to New England as our 16th head coach," the team wrote on social media. Vrabel, 49, was viewed as the leading candidate to replace Jerod Mayo, who was fired on January 5th after the Patriots posted a 4-13 record during Mayo’s lone season as the team’s head coach. Some threw toilet rolls - others, sausages. How it might look if you were a fly on the wall at Mack Hansen’s Media TrainingChampions Cup Round Three: TV details, kick-off time, team news and more ‘I make a mark in the grass with my foot as I go.’ How GAA groundstaff line pitches for new football rules Vrabel was a coaching and personnel consultant for the Cleveland Browns in the 2024 season, but his contract expired on December 30th, allowing him to interview with other NFL teams. New England’s 23-16 win over Buffalo in last Sunday’s season finale secured the number four overall selection of the 2025 NFL Draft. The Patriots also interviewed Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and former Houston Texans OC Pep Hamilton for the head coaching vacancy. After a 14-year NFL career with three teams, most notably the Patriots, Vrabel began his coaching career at his alma mater, Ohio State . He then spent four seasons as a Houston Texans assistant coach before being hired as the Tennessee Titans head coach before the 2018 season.Vrabel made it clear in a recent interview with The Athletic what he was looking for in his next franchise. His familiarity with owner Robert Kraft and the chance to work with young quarterback Drake Maye could have steered him toward the Patriots, even as other teams interviewed him. “There’s got to be clear communication with ownership, so that we understand as coaches what the expectations are,” Vrabel said. “That’s so we can explain to them what’s reasonable, what we can do, what we probably can do and what we’re going to try to do – or die trying. I want to have a structure in place that people see the game the same way I do from an Xs and Os standpoint, from a personnel standpoint, with team-building. We would hopefully have that alignment, which is critical. “And I would like to be able to say that there’s a quarterback that you feel like you can win with – or that there’s a path to find the one that you can win with.”Three sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on televisionConor Pope: What if dry January turned into dry forever? Eight ways life has changed since I stopped drinking in 2022Ringo Starr on holidaying in Ireland: ‘We hopped over on a plane, rented a car and found a little guesthouse for two nights’ Mother ordered to vacate rental property after failing to comply with landlord’s order to remove XL bully dogsLa Rochelle 14 Leinster 16 FT as it happened: Champions Cup Latest news from the world of sport, along with the best in opinion from our outstanding team of sports writers
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