Patriots Hiring Vrabel as New Head Coach

Patriots Hiring Vrabel as New Head Coach

Multiple sources are reporting that Mike Vrabel will be hired as the New England Patriots' next head coach. He will succeed the fired Jerod Mayo, who was 4-13 in his one year as coach.

 

Vrabel served as Tennessee Titans head coach from 2018-23, posting a 54-45 regular-season record and 2-3 mark in the playoffs, which included an appearance to the AFC Championship Game in 2019; he was selected as the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year in 2021.

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Vrabel was a star linebacker for the Patriots from 2001 to 2008 and was a member of three Super Bowl championship teams.

 

He played college football at Ohio State, where he was a consensus All-American, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft.

 

During his four years with the Steelers, he was mainly a reserve player before joining the New England Patriots as a free agent in 2001.