Patriots appoint Mike Vrabel as their new Head Coach a week after firing Jerod Mayo
Mike Vrabel spent eight seasons playing for the Patriots and won multiple Super Bowls with the team.
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Mike Vrabel (Image via Sports Illustrated)
The New England Patriots have found their new Head Coach in just 7 days. The team is sticking to its philosophy of hiring former players with whom they have achieved success and won Super Bowls. Robert Kraft has picked Mike Vrabel to lead the distraught team for the foreseeable future.
As per Adam Schefter, Mike Vrabel and the New England Patriots have signed a multi-year agreement to make him the Head Coach. This means that he will have some time to implement concrete changes in Foxborough while not having to worry about losing his job after one bad season.
For Mike Vrabel, it is a chance to redeem himself and show that the Tennessee Titans were wrong to fire him as their Head Coach. He could not have secured a better opportunity as Vrabel is no newcomer to Boston. It is a form of homecoming for him as he spent the best years of his career there.
Homecoming: Mike Vrabel and the Patriots reached a multi-year agreement to make him New England’s next head coach, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 12, 2025
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
Mike Vrabel was part of the Patriots dynasty with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick
He spent eight glorious seasons playing under Belichick and alongside Brady. All three of his Super Bowls, in 2002, 2004, and 2005 were all won in New England. Vrabel is familiar with the culture in New England and continues the team’s longstanding practice of reverting to its alma mater to create a path for the future.
He is the seventh individual to be appointed as the HC for a franchise that he won a Super Bowl with as a player. The team’s former HC Jerod Mayo played for New England too but he did not have much success as his departure came after winning a game he was much likely expected to lose to secure the top pick in the draft.
The Chicago Bears and New York Jets were other teams interested in pursuing Mike Vrabel for a Head Coaching gig. However, New England understood that he was in demand and wasted no time in closing the deal with him.
The exact terms and conditions of his contract remain private but he now finds himself in the hot seat. Vrabel enters a dysfunctional Patriots team, contrary to his playing days, the team has had consecutive losing seasons and he is now expected to bring back the glory in Foxborough.
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