Get To Know Jerod Mayo: The One Replacing The Former Patriots Coach Bill Belichick

With great haste, the New England Patriots announced on Friday that they had appointed Jerod Mayo as their 15th head coach in organization history, replacing the departed Bill Belichick.

Get To Know Jerod Mayo: The One Replacing The Former Patriots Coach Bill Belichick

The 37-year-old Mayo will make his official debut on Wednesday during a press conference. Mayo, who is one month younger than Sean McVay, will take over as the NFL’s youngest coach, a position McVay has held since being elected Los Angeles Rams coach in 2017.

After being chosen in the first round of the draft out of Tennessee, Mayo played linebacker for the Patriots from 2008 to 2015. In 2019, he became the linebackers coach and became a member of Belichick’s coaching staff.

From 2004 to 2007, Mayo attended the University of Tennessee, where she was named to the first team of the SEC in 2007. He was named to the All-America Second Team by Rivals.com.

In the 2008 NFL Draft, the Patriots chose Mayo with the tenth overall choice. Out of the whole draft class, he was the only rookie to start in Week 1.

With 128 tackles at the end of his rookie NFL season, Mayo won the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award.

For Mayo, the recognition did not end there. In addition to being a two-time Pro Bowler and a member of the Patriots’ All-2010s Team, he concluded his NFL career as a 2010 First-Team All-Pro.

Mayo was placed on injured reserve after rupturing his patellar tendon during the 2014 season. Super Bowl XLIX was won by the Patriots over the Seattle Seahawks.

Because Mayo signed a contract extension last offseason that included a succession plan, the Patriots were able to hire him without following the normal NFL hiring process. This is similar to what the Baltimore Ravens did with their general manager position when Eric DeCosta succeeded Ozzie Newsome in 2019.

In the history of the Patriots, Mayo becomes the first Black head coach.

The players in the locker room were largely in favor of him, particularly the defensive guys. One defense texted after learning of Belichick’s departure, saying, “I hope they give it to Mayo.” He deserves it.

All roads seemed to have Mayo winding up as the one to replace Belichick.

“There is no ceiling on his ability to grow and how competent he is,” Kraft said last March. … “Well, he’s definitely a strong candidate to be the heir apparent, but we have some other good people in our system. So right now, we have a good head coach, and we’re doing everything we can to support him and make sure we do everything we can to win.”

Mayo, who spent eight seasons as a player with the Patriots, is one month younger than Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams, the NFL’s youngest coach at the moment.

As a player, Mayo won team captain in his second season; some teammates called him Bill Jr. because they saw him as a potential coach who, like Belichick, spent a lot of time at the team facilities.

In the NFL, player attitudes have shifted, making it harder for senior coaches to relate to younger players. Mayo believes he can connect with athletes of this age and close that gap.

“I would say, even with this locker room now, at least defensively, those guys want transparency, and they also appreciate when you’re honest with them,” Mayo told Boston Sports Journal last week. There are a lot of yes-men and yes-women around at this level. From a coach’s perspective, our job is to put a mirror in front of your face and really show what you’re doing on the field, and hopefully, you can take that out of love … That’s the way I coach.

The Patriots and Belichick, 71, said on Thursday that he would be leaving the team after 24 seasons as coach, during which he won six Super Bowls. Following conversations between Belichick and Patriots owner Robert Kraft, the decision to split ways was taken; Belichick stated it was time to “move on.”

He will be formally introduced at a news conference Wednesday,  the Patriots said.

Mayo recently said that a fundamental component of his coaching approach is fostering relationships with his players.

“I coach out of love. Once you build that relationship with a guy, you can be tough on the players,” he said. “But if you don’t have that warmth before confidence; it was a little different when I played. Whatever the coach told you to do, you just go out and do it. But this generation is a little bit different. They want to understand the ‘why.'”

Why did Jerod Mayo retire?

In addition to being a two-time Pro Bowler and a member of the Patriots’ All-2010s Team, he concluded his NFL career as a 2010 First-Team All-Pro. Mayo was placed on injured reserve after rupturing his patellar tendon during the 2014 season. The Patriots went on to win Super Bowl XLIX over the Seattle Seahawks.

Who did Jerod Mayo coach for?

Foxboro — Jerod Mayo has been appointed head coach of the New England Patriots, the organization announced on Friday. The Patriots “parted ways” with Bill Belichick after 24 years, and this news was made just one day later.

How long did Jerod Mayo play for the Patriots?

Before taking up coaching in 2019, Mayo, 37, was a linebacker for the Patriots from 2008 to 2015. He will now be the NFL’s youngest head coach. Originating from Virginia, he attended Tennessee for his undergraduate career until the Patriots picked him with the 10th overall pick in the 2008 draft.

When did Jerod Mayo start coaching?

The only role that 37-year-old Mayo has ever had with the Patriots is inside linebackers coach, which he has had since 2019. Nonetheless, he has long been seen as a possible Belichick replacement, having spent eight seasons as the coach’s player from 2008 to 2015. And other groups have observed.

 

 

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