According to Reiss, sources around the NFL also expect former Titans strength coach Frank Piraino to join Vrabel in New England. Pieraino was the Titans strength and conditioning coach from 2019-2022. In 2023, he became Tennesse’s director of sports performance.
The New York Giants are keeping their coaching staff despite a disastrous 2024 season. While they were well out of the playoffs, Brian Daboll and his staff are coming back, along with GM Joe Schoen. That includes Shane Bowen,
The New York Giants have fired Jerome Henderson and Mike Treier, while several other assistants have opted to leave the team.
Mike Vrabel has already made a change to the Patriots' front office on his first day as the team's head coach.
Following the hiring of Mike Vrabel, the Patriots need to build a team around him, both in the front office and on the coaching staff. It seems that they are not wasting time.
Now that the Patriots have (unsurprisingly) hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach, will Shane Bowen reunite with him?
Former NFL GM Rod Graves criticized the Patriots' usage of the Rooney Rule by interviewing two black candidates before hiring Mike Vrabel.
The Patriots have plenty of work this offseason following a tough 2024 campaign. Alongside Eliot Wolf and new front office member Ryan Cowden— whom Vrabel was able to poach from the New York Giants —New England and its new coach have nearly $130 million in cap space to work with to turn over the roster.
With Mike Vrabel expected to reunite in Foxboro as the new head coach of the Patriots, a high-ranking executive is expected to follow him. According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, the Giants are expected to lose Ryan Cowden, the executive advisor to general manager Joe Schoen.
The 2021 Titans’ defense was particularly successful under Bowen. The team only allowed 84.6 rushing yards per game, which was second in the NFL. They also had the sixth-ranked scoring defense with the team allowing an average of 20.8 points per game.
Our look at some of the likely candidates to become the Patriots' next offensive and defensive coordinators includes familiar faces.