Patriots hire Mayo as new head coach to replace Belichick

Only 1 day after parting ways with historical manager Bill Belichick, the New England Patriots appointed Jerod Mayo as his successor and the 15th boss in the organization’s history.

Jerod will be officially presented at a news conference in a few days. Mayo will be the youngest manager in the league, taking it from Sean McVay, who held the title since becoming LA Rams manager in 2017, as the new Patriots boss is a month younger than him.

Jerod Mayo played 8 seasons with the Patriots, and he won a Super Bowl as an All-Pro LB.

Since, he’s spent his entire coaching career in New England learning under Bill Belichick.

Mayo just became the Patriots’ first Black head coach — and the youngest head coach in the NFL. pic.twitter.com/7jHNfwWcUr

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) January 12, 2024

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An LB for New England from 2008 to 2015 after being picked in the 1st round of the draft out of Tennessee, he joined Bill’s coaching staff in 2019, serving as LBs manager.

New England was able to forgo the standard National Football League appointing process and swiftly named Mayo because they featured a succession plan in the deal extension he inked during the offseason, similar to what the Baltimore Ravens did with their GM position when Eric DeCosta succeeded Ozzie Newsome a few years ago.

Jerod becomes the 1^st Black head coach in New England’s history.

#Patriots owner Robert Kraft talking about Jerod Mayo last year at the owners meetings:

“There’s no ceiling on his ability to be head coach, and he’ll be a head coach.” https://t.co/DWeBDmJboY pic.twitter.com/cG3AZfljSv

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 12, 2024