After one season, bill o’brien’s second stint with the patriots ended. Since initially pledging to be the buckeyes’ offensive coordinator, the pats’ 2023 offensive coordinator has since signed to ohio state and boston college, becoming the acc program’s head coach. With o’brien expected to replace jeff hafley as boston college’s hc, he did not do so after being booted from the patriots. The veteran coach said he was given the opportunity to stay on under jerod mayo. While a number of bill belichick assistants are still active, including brian belichick, o’brien is now back in the college ranks.
Through mike kadlick of weei.com, o’brien said, “i definitely had an opportunity to stay.” “i thought it was really important for coach mayo to recruit his own staff,” he said. I came to work for bill belichick and think it’s really important for jerod to be able to hire his own staff. The krafts were awesome about it, and i’m so proud of them. And i was incredibly grateful to ryan day for bringing o’brien back to foxborough, and that’s why i made the decision.’ Belichick is believed to be able to keep matt patricia as the patriots’ de facto oc, according to a rumor. O’brien, the pats’ oc in 2011, brought a wealth of experience on the offensive side, completing a multi-year play-calling career with the team.
Patricia came to philadelphia as a result of this. On jan. 18, o’brien committed to ohio state. Hafley was hired by the packers on jan. 31. Days later, o’brien agreed to return to boston. According to a january study, the pats were not planning to run it back with o’brien as oc; he would have to compete for the position as part of a search. O’brien’s name was taken out of consideration early on. After a deep search, the patriots discovered alex van pelt, an ex-browns oc who has had one season of play-calling experience. Van pelt, on the other hand, is a new face in a building that is still full of belichick assistants.
According to ben volin of the boston globe, mayo’s only employment with the patriots sparked questions about his ability to fill out a staff. This helps explain why eliot wolf, the team’s new front office manager, was involved in coaching searches and why a few ex-packers assistants are among mayo’s first staff members.
