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Jerod Mayo was the hand picked heir to Bill Belichick. When New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired his six-time Super Bowl winning head coach last winter, he didn’t have to go through an official job search; he’d already filed his succession plan with NFL officials.

The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday shortly after the team completed a 4-13 season. Mayo, 38, was in his first season on the job after replacing legendary Bill Belichick after last season. The move was made after the Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills 23-16 to halt a six-game losing streak.

They also lost six games in a row, including last week’s 40-7 debacle before Sunday’s win over the Bills. That’s not a good look for any team, at any level, but especially not in the NFL, where there’s supposed to be a level playing field for all 32 teams.

But Mayo, who served as assistant under former longtime Patriots coach Bill Belichick, was a first-time head coach and struggled to get results from a young roster led by rookie q

A day after reports that Mike Vrabel and the New England Patriots were nearing a deal, it is now official that he will be their next coach.

Chantel Mayo, the wife of former New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo, has spoken out following her husband's sudden dismissal on Sunday night. The firing came just hours af

Mayo was the Patriots’ inside linebackers coach from 2019 to 2023. He was promoted to the head job last January, succeeding six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick. “For me, personally ...

Robert Kraft stayed true to his word by moving quickly to reach a deal with Mike Vrabel, a former New England linebacker, as the Patriots' new coach.

The New England Patriots have found their next head coach. And it's a familiar face. The club has hired Mike Vrabel, who won three Super Bowl championships with the franchise as a player, to lead the organization as its head coach going forward according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones and later made official by the Patriots.

The New England Patriots have moved quickly to name Jerod Mayo's replacement with the team agreeing to make Mike Vrabel their new head coach.