Pats Pulpit
The Patriots will rebuild their coaching staff following their 4-13 season.
It’s a new era in New England, again. Just one year after the Patriots promoted Jerod Mayo to head coach, they were already looking for his successor: Mayo was fired shortly after his team’s 4-13 season concluded, making him just the second head coach in franchise history to go one-and-done.
A week later, the Patriots announced their new head coach: Mike Vrabel, a former linebacker for the team who also spent six years as Tennessee’s HC, will return to Foxboro to take over the vacant position.
Replacing Mayo with Vrabel is just be the tip of the iceberg for the Patriots, though. And whatever will happen, we will have you covered: please make sure to bookmark and regularly revisit our Patriots Coaching Staff Tracker.
Mike Vrabel (Head coach): The Patriots have their new head coach, and it is the person seen as the odds-on favorite throughout the process. Former New England linebacker and ex-head coach of Titans will fill the role last held by Jerod Mayo. Vrabel reportedly signed a multi-year contract to return to the team with which he won three Super Bowls over his eight-year tenure. | News | Analysis | Profile | Winners and losers | Introduction
Josh McDaniels (Offensive coordinator): Twice an NFL head coach, McDaniels is slated to return for his third tour with the Patriots after spending 2024 as a free agent. The 48-year-old earned six Super Bowl rings with the organization dating back to 2001. He will now oversee the development of 22-year-old starting quarterback Drake Maye as offensive coordinator. | News | Analysis | Profile | Winners and losers
Terrell Williams (Defensive coordinator): Mike Vrabel’s former defensive line coach and assistant head coach with the Titans, Williams joins him in New England after a one-year stint in Detroit. Now a defensive coordinator, he will take over the position most recently held by DeMarcus Covington. | News | Analysis | Winners and losers
Tony Dews (Running backs coach): Dews has coached almost every position on the field over his 26-year career, including running backs and tight ends under Mike Vrabel in Tennessee. Falling victim to the Jets’ current restructuring, he is now rejoining Vrabel in Foxboro. | News | Analysis
John Streicher (Vice president of football operations and strategy): Before spending 2024 as the game management coordinator of the Rams, Streicher spent six seasons working alongside Mike Vrabel with the Titans. The fellow Ohio State alum served as an assistant to the head coach before working in football development. He became director of football administration in 2023. | News | Analysis
Zak Kuhr (TBD): Kuhr, who served as a defensive assistant for the Giants this past season, will be reuniting with Mike Vrabel in New England. Overlapping as an intern at Ohio State from 2011 to 2012, he entered the NFL ranks as a quality control coach with the Titans in 2020. The next three years were spent...
