What was expected has become official. The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as the franchise’s new head coach, and will rely on the longtime linebacker to usher in the Drake Maye era.
Vrabel and the Pats were an obvious match as soon as owner Robert Kraft fired rookie head coach Jerod Mayo hours after the team’s final game of the 2024 season. Vrabel played for the franchise under Bill Belichick for eight years and won three Super Bowls. He was inducted into the team Hall of Fame in 2023.
Homecoming: Mike Vrabel and the Patriots reached a multi-year agreement to make him New England’s next head coach, per sources.
Vrabel now is the seventh individual to become the head coach for a franchise he once helped win a Super Bowl as a player, joining Jerod Mayo, Bart… pic.twitter.com/LR3cpdHNQf
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