Mike Vrabel and the Patriots are starting the process of building their coaching staff. Here are all of the latest updates.

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.

After a brief and failed attempt to ignite a new era of New England Patriots dominance after the firing of legendary, six-time Super Bowl winning coach Bill Belichick — an attempt that ended with a dismal 4-13 record in 2024 and the firing of Belichick’s replacement,

Mike Vrabel taking over as head coach makes the New England Patriots signing Super Bowl-winning LG Trey Smith "inevitable" in free agency.

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.

The New England Patriots are bringing back one of their legends, naming Mike Vrabel, their former Super Bowl-winning linebacker, as head coach.  NFL insiders Ian

Mike Vrabel kisses the Lombardi Trophy while holding his son at the Patriots Super Bowl XXXVIII parade in 2004. Boston Globe via Getty Images The Raiders did not request an interview with Vrabel ...

Rob Gronkowski shared his thoughts on Mike Vrabel becoming the new head coach of the New England Patriots. The former Tennessee Titans coach is set to return to Foxborough, where he played from 2001 through 2008, won three Super Bowls, and became a First-team All-Pro and Pro-Bowler.

To that point, the Commanders went from the worst turnover margin in the league in 2023 (-14) to 15th (+1) in 2024. Similarly, the Houston Texans, who have now made the playoffs two years in a row after finishing 3-13-1 in 2022, jumped from 19th in turnover margin (-1) to eighth in 2023 and 2024 (+10, +9).

There is little margin for error when selecting the next head coach to lead an NFL franchise. Leadership skills are crucial factors in their hiring decisions.

There are four head coaching vacancies remaining: The Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders and the New Orleans Saints. That leaves four head coaching candidates to get hired for 2025. Let's take a look at the best ones.