If Mike Vrabel returns the Patriots to their winning ways, he'd be bucking a trend among Super Bowl-winning players who became head coaches.

Super Bowl champion Ryan Clark blasted the New England Patriots on "Inside the NFL" for how they complied with the NFL's Rooney Rule when they hired Mike Vrabel.

The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as their next head coach. The team announced the hiring Sunday morning. It comes a week after Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo after the team’s season finale victory over the Buffalo Bills to finish 4-13 in his lone season as coach.

As of January 2025, Mike Vrabel has never led any team to the Super Bowl as their head coach. However, in his career as a football player, he won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.

Here's a look back at Mike Vrabel’s Patriots playing career, from defensive dominance to Super Bowl scores. Read more on Boston.com.

Mike Vrabel will start his search for a new offensive coordinator immediately. He said Josh McDaniels is on his list of candidates.

The Patriots have plenty of work this offseason following a tough 2024 campaign. Alongside Eliot Wolf and new front office member Ryan Cowden— whom Vrabel was able to poach from the New York Giants —New England and its new coach have nearly $130 million in cap space to work with to turn over the roster.

The Patriots hurried a coaching search and hired one of their former Super Bowl-winning linebackers to right the wayward franchise. Don’t stop if you’ve heard this before. Yes, it happened last year,

In this week’s Sunday 7, WEEI’s Nick “Fitzy” Stevens reacts to the New England Patriots’ Mike Vrabel hire, their coordinator search, a massive upcoming offseason, and the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.

It didn't take very long for the New England Patriots to identify their choice to be their next head coach and that man is former Patriot, Mike Vrabel.

After a 5-12, last-place season that included 10 consecutive losses and the in-season firings of coach Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, the Chicago Bears are now embarking on a search to hire the franchise’s next head coach.