I am very excited about the list of coaches that have agreed to join Mike Vrabel in New England.\u00a0 The announcement of Josh McDaniel as OC, Terrell Williams as DC and retention of Jeremy Springer has the whole fanbase excited.<\/p>\n
Here are the latest coaches joining the Patriots:<\/p>\n
Doug Marrone<\/strong>, former Bills and Jaguars Head Coach and longtime Offensive Line guru has been added to Mike Vrabel\u2019s staff. \u00a0The 60-year old Marrone started coaching in 1992 after a\u00a0 brief career in the NFL.\u00a0 As a Tackle, he was a 1986 6th<\/sup> round pick by the LA Raiders out of Syracuse.\u00a0 Last season he was a Senior Analyst for Football Strategy at Boston College for Bill O\u2019Brien.\u00a0 \u00a0With Marrone\u2019s familiarity with BC, the likelihood of the patriots selecting Drew Kendall \u00a0or Ozzie Trapilo just went up.\u00a0 Marrone is highly respected throughout the NFL.\u00a0 He is a proponent of the stretch run, and knows how to coach it.\u00a0 Marrone is a fan of the stretch run and is adept at teaching it.\u00a0 Question is will he get Offensive Linemen that are capable of executing it.\u00a0 Marrone likes tackles with long arm lengths (33″ or better).\u00a0 Keep that in mind when it comes to freeagency and the draft.<\/p>\n Thomas Brown<\/strong> was interviewed by the Patriots for their Offensive Coordinator position.\u00a0 The former Bear OC was elevated to Head Coach when Matt Eberflus was relieved of his duties last season.\u00a0 Brown played runningback in the NFL as a 2008 6tg Round pick by Atlanta out of Georgia. \u00a0Brown coached under Sean McVay initially as a RB coach and then elevated to TE and Passing Game coordinator \/ Assistant Head Coach.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0He will assume the TE and Passing Game Coordinator position under Vrabel.\u00a0 Another coach from the McVay coaching tree and more of a West Coast offense.\u00a0 The Patriots have never used the title of Pass Game Coordinator.\u00a0 This also shows that Josh McDaniels is expanding his offensive repertoire going to a more west coast system.<\/p>\n Also reported to be joining the staff is Milton Patterson<\/strong>, who comes from Florida A&M.\u00a0 Patterson was a Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship coach with the Tennessee Titans under Vrabel in 2023.\u00a0 At FAMU, Patterson was the Defensive Coordinator and previously coached Linebackers.\u00a0 He will be the outside Linebackers Coach with the Patriots.<\/p>\n Zak Kuhr<\/strong> was added as an Inside Linebackers coach.\u00a0 He served as an Intern at Ohio State under Vrabel when he coached linebackers there and followed him to the Titans 2020-2023.<\/p>\n Clinton McMillan<\/strong> Defensive Line \u00a0– He was with the Tennessee Titans and Mike Vrabel and was an assistant to DC Terrell Williams.<\/p>\n Kevin Richardson<\/strong> Assistant Defensive Backs \u2013 He was at Illinois under his college coach Bret Bielema.\u00a0 I am hoping this means that Mike Pellegrino is coming back as well.<\/p>\n Jason Houghtailing<\/strong> Assistant O-Line coach \u2013 Houghtailing was on Vrabel\u2019s staff at Tennessee in the same capacity.\u00a0 Mike Reiss had listed Houghtailing as a possible O-Line coach.\u00a0 He will get to learn under Doug Marrone.<\/p>\n Riley Larkin<\/strong> Asst QB Coach \u2013 Vrabel knows Larking from his time at Ohio State.\u00a0 Larkin was a key contributor to the Ohio State victory and national Championship.\u00a0 Another up and coming young coach.\u00a0 Larkin played QB at John Carroll the same school that produced Josh McDaniel, Nick Casserio, London Fletcher, Brian Polian (son of HOF Bill Polian) and present John Carroll AD.\u00a0 Jerry Schplinski, Nick Caley, Tom Talesco (LV Raiders GM) and Dave Ziegler (former GM LV, now Asst GM in TEN) all played for John Carroll as well.<\/p>\n Thomas Quinn<\/strong> \u2013 TBD is a holdover from the Mayo coaching staff.\u00a0 He was the assistant Special Teams Coach last year.\u00a0 The Patriots Special Teams under Jeremy Springer and Quinn, made a great improvement.\u00a0 Quinn was on Vrabel\u2019s staff in Tennessee, so his return was expected.\u00a0 Quinn does have experience in analytics and Vrabel spent a good deal of time this year with Cleveland learning about analytics.<\/p>\n I am very impressed with how Mike Vrabel is going about building his coaching staff.\u00a0 Experience and some up and coming assistants.\u00a0 My big fear is that Thomas Brown is likely to be interviewed for head coaching positions and if successful here will be gone quickly.<\/p>\n Frank Piraino<\/strong>, Vrabel\u2019s Strength and Conditioning coach in Tennessee, has been rumored to have accepted the same position here.\u00a0 He was the S&C coach for the Giants last year.<\/p>\n Another coach rumored to be added will be former Patriots WR coach Chad O\u2019Shea<\/strong>.\u00a0 He is under contract to the Giants and not sure if he or Piriano can get out of those contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am very excited about the list of coaches that have agreed to join Mike Vrabel in New England.\u00a0 The announcement of Josh McDaniel as OC, Terrell Williams as DC and retention of Jeremy Springer has the whole fanbase excited.\u00a0 Here are the latest coaches 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