The New England Patriots have found their next head coach. And it's a familiar face. The club has hired Mike Vrabel, who won three Super Bowl championships with the franchise as a player, to lead the organization as its head coach going forward according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones and later made official by the Patriots.

The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as their head coach. The move comes after Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo after the team’s season finale victory over the Buffalo Bills to finish 4-13 in his lone season as coach.

Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. OC intrigue: In his first week as Patriots head coach, Mike Vrabel began meeting with members of the team's 2024 coaching staff and identifying coaches from other teams to interview.

Travis Kelce has been an undeniable force in Kansas City, and in Saturday's divisional round playoff game against the Houston Texans, Kelce achieved some NFL history with another impressive performance.

While the New England Patriots are focused on building a staff around new head coach Mike Vrabel, the NFL playoffs are down to eight teams. Four of those will take the field on Saturday for the first two games of the divisional round.