Report: Patriots offensive line coach no longer with team due to ‘decision related to COVID vaccine’
Following Dante Scarnecchia’s retirement following the 2019 season, the Patriots used two offensive line coaches in 2020. In 2021, the spot will be back to a one-man job.
According to NEW: Cole Popovich will not be coaching with the #Patriots this season according to a league source. He had served as a co-offensive line coach in 2020 but Carmen Bricillo will handle those duties alone in 2021. https://t.co/TYVMTreYFW
Popovich had been with the Patriots since 2015, and worked as a coaching assistant and assistant running backs coach before being promoted to co-offensive line coach in 2020. A the time of McBride’s announcement he was still listed on the team’s website.
Bricillo joined the Patriots in 2019 as a coaching assistant. He was promoted to co-offensive line coach a year later.
UPDATE: Patriots co-OL coach Cole Popovich won’t be with the team in 2021 in a decision related to the COVID-19 vaccine and NFL guidelines, per league sources. @globejimmcbride 1st reported Popovich won’t be with the team.
Carmen Bricillo, co-OL coach in ‘20, takes on leading role.
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