In a move that was widely expected across the NFL, the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel as head coach a week after firing Jerod Mayo. Vrabel's prior coaching experience -- in which he went 54-45 over six seasons with the Tennessee Titans that also included a 2-3 record in the playoffs -- was appealing to the Patriots,

The New England Patriots officially announced on Sunday that they had hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach. It’s a move everyone was expecting, but now that it’s done, there’s already a sense of new life for a Patriots team that looked dead in the water in the 2024 season.

After firing Jerod Mayo a week ago, the Patriots are hiring Mike Vrabel as the 16th head coach in franchise history.