Next season, Jerod Mayo will not be the only former new england patriots linebacker on the team’s coaching staff.
The patriots announced on friday that they would return dont’a hightower.
Report: Dont'a Hightower to return as Patriots LB coach: https://t.co/QsZUIokAWl pic.twitter.com/OK2wP6XXak
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 9, 2024
Hightower, 33, will be their new lbs coach. hightower was a lifelong patriot who played his entire nine-season nfl career for the team after being selected in the first round of the 2012 draft (no. 1). Overall, 25 people attended the conference. He was a starting linebacker on three of their super bowl teams (xlix over seattle, li over atlanta, and liii over the los angeles rams).
In 2016, hightower was also named to the all-pro team, as well as two career pro bowls.
Hightower announced his retirement in early 2023 after playing in 2021 and going unsigned in 2022. He will now try his hand at coaching with the new patriots head coach mayo, his fellow linebacker on the team for four seasons. Hightower’s return is also intriguing, considering that he once seemed to have some issues with mayo’s predecessor bill belichick.
