When Bill Belichick became the head coach at the University of North Carolina ... In moving on from Belichick, the Patriots went to Jerod Mayo, a handpicked selection by Belichick himself years ...

Jerod Mayo lasted just one season as head coach of the Patriots. Did Bill Belichick, Mayo's former coach and later boss, play a role in the failure?

It came as a shock to most when the New England Patriots fired head coach Jerod Mayo after only one season being the successor to Bill Belichick who served for over 20 years. As the Patriots look for their next head coach, former NFL general manager Mike Lombardi would call out mostly the Patriots for not helping Mayo throughout the process.

Just one year after the Patriots promoted Jerod Mayo to head coach, they were already looking for his successor: Mayo was fired shortly after his team’s 4-13 season concluded, making him just the second head coach in franchise history to go one-and-done.

Mike Vrabel decided to focus on stability for the Patriots' special teams unit, retaining their coach from the previous season.

New England Patriots legend Vince Wilfork supports the team hiring Mike Vrabel as the new head coach, but he isn’t happy with the way former coach Jerod Mayo was treated by the organization.

On Monday, the New England Patriots introduced Mike Vrabel as the 16th head coach in franchise history, as he replaces Jerod Mayo after just one season. With Vrabel taking over, he'll be the third different coach to lead the organization over the last three years after Mayo and Bill Belichick were both let go after 4-13 records.

Bill Belichick has seemed to make it clear that he's not leaving his new home at North Carolina for the NFL. But the buzz about him pulling the same move he made from the New York Jets to the New England Patriots hasn't gone away.

The New England Patriots and Bill Belichick agreed to mutually part ways following the 2022-23 season. The following offseason, Belichick only received interest from the Atlanta Falcons, but they eventually hired Raheem Morris. Belichick ended up taking this past season off from coaching but made many appearances on ESPN and other networks.

Vrabel has been hired as New England's next head coach, replacing Jerod ... Carolina's defense allowed 31.4 points per game, the sixth-most in league history. Despite finishing last in the AFC ...

Less than two hours after the game ended, they fired Jerod Mayo after just one season. He was Bill Belichick's hand-picked successor, and it's safe to say the experiment did not work out as planned.

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