According to NFL Network, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn has declined an interview request from the Patriots.

The Patriots are scheduled to interview Mike Vrabel on Thursday and are also expected to virtually interview Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson later this week.

One NFL Insider called the Patriots' head coaching search a "sham" aimed at circumventing the league's Rooney Rule

The Patriots have requested to speak to a fifth head coaching candidate.

The Patriots concluded their interview with Ben Johnson for their head-coaching vacancy and have no other known meetings scheduled.

The Patriots are searching for a new coach after firing Jerod Mayo on Sunday following a brutal first season at the helm.

And by Tuesday afternoon they already had satisfied the NFL’s Rooney Rule by holding in-person interviews with two minority candidates, Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton. The Patriots are the ...

According to the Boston Globe, the Patriots have entered contract negotiations with Vrabel, who has been looked at as the front-runner to fill their head coaching vacancy. This came after NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported that Vrabel’s agent and the Patriots have had contract talks.

Days after New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft confirmed he had fired first-year head coach Jerod Mayo following the club's 4-13 season, New England somewhat surprisingly interviewed former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton for the job even though neither man has held an NFL coaching position since the 2022 season.

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn has turned down a request from the New England Patriots to interview for the team's head coaching job.

The New England Patriots could be on the verge of hiring their next coach after completing an interview with Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson on Friday, the fourth candidate to be brought in as part of the search to fill the vacancy created by the firing of Jerod Mayo.

Former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who was in the Patriots’ organization with Vrabel from 2001 to 2008, is considered a candidate for the job. It would be McDaniels’ third go-around with the title.