The New England Patriots have made many changes to their coaching staff since the end of the 2024 season, including replacing their head coach and hiring Mike Vrabel to do the job going forward. With a new head coach,
Two-time NFL head coach Doug Marrone, who most recently was at Boston College as a Senior Analyst for Football Strategy, is joining the Patriots' coaching staff. Marrone's specific position is TBA. His history/background w/ OL play is notable. (h/t @PatsPro_21, @JPasteris_NFL)
Mike Pellegrino, who spent the last six seasons as Patriots CBs coach, will not be returning to the team in 2025. He coached 3 All-Pros (Stephon Gilmore, J.C. Jackson, Christian Gonzalez).
Brian Belichick won't be joining Mike Vrabel's coaching staff with the New England Patriots. The longtime coach for the Patriots—who has been with the
Brian Belichick, who spent the last five seasons as safeties coach, will be moving on from the Patriots in 2025. He initially served as a scouting assistant in 2016 and a coaching assistant from 2017-2019.
The New England Patriots replaced one former linebacker with another as their head coach. After just one year under player-turned-coach Jerod Mayo, New England opted to hire former Patriots legend Mike Vrabel as their head coach.
Mike Vrabel and the Patriots are starting the process of building their coaching staff. Here are all of the latest updates.
For the first time this century, the New England Patriots will not have a Belichick on their coaching staff. One year after long-time coach Bill Belichick
With fast-rising Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter and Colorado Buffaloes Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter expected to be off the board, the Patriots may settle on Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan, according to Luke Easterling's latest mock 2025 NFL draft .
Multiple outlets reported Tuesday that Kingsbury had attracted interest from the New Orleans Saints for their head-coaching vacancy but that he told them and other NFL teams he would be remaining with Washington. The Saints were the only job left open after Chicago, Dallas, New England, Jacksonville, Las Vegas and the New York Jets hired coaches.
Under Covington and Jerod Mayo, the Patriots defense regressed mightily in 2024. They finished 22nd in both total defense and scoring defense, and the scoring defense mark was New England’s worst since 1995. Bill Belichick’s teams never finished lower than 17th.