Patriots announce coaching staff for 2025 season
After weeks of reports trickling out, the New England Patriots officially announced their coaching staff for the 2025 season on Wednesday.
A month do the day after their 2024 season ended, the New England Patriots officially announced their coaching staff for 2025. The coaching staff for the upcoming season is almost completely remade, after head coach Jerod Mayo was fired following the 2024 season finale.
Reports of various hirings have trickled out since Mike Vrabel was hired as the team’s head coach in mid-January. The team confirmed the coordinator hires a few weeks later.
Wednesday’s announcement confirms both the hires and titles of positional coaches and their assistants, while adding a few previously-unreported names to the list. Putting it all together, here’s a look at the full 2025 Patriots coaching staff under Vrabel…
Josh McDaniels: Offensive Coordinator
Ashton Grant: Quarterbacks
Tony Dews: Running Backs
Todd Downing: Wide Receivers
Thomas Brown: Tight Ends/Passing Game Coordinator
Doug Marrone: Offensive Line
Jason Houghtaling: Asssistant Offensive Line
Robert Kugler: Assistant Offensive Line*
Riley Larkin: Offensive Assistant
Chuckie Keeton: Offensive Assistant
Terrell Williams: Defensive Coordinator
Clint McMillan: Defensive Line
Zak Kuhr: Inside Linebackers
Mike Smith: Outside Linebackers
Justin Hamilton: Cornerbacks
Scott Booker: Safeties
Vinny DePalma: Defensive Assistant*
Kevin Richardson: Defensive Assistant
Milton Patterson: Defensive Assistant
Ben McAdoo: Senior Defensive Assistant*
Jeremy Springer: Special Teams Coordinator*
Tom Quinn: Assistant Special Teams*
John Streicher: Vice President of Football Operations and Strategy
Frank Piraino: Director of Sports Performance
Deron Mayo: Strength and Conditioning*
Brian McDonough: Assistant Strength and Conditioning*
*Denotes coaches who are returning after being on the Patriots coaching staff in 2024
“The goal in filling out the 2025 Patriots coaching staff was to identify loyal, trustworthy coaches who are diverse in background, ideas, experiences and systems,” Vrabel said in a statement along with the Patriots coaching staff announcement. “We will be aligned in our vision to teach and develop our players with creativity, consistency and an attention to detail with the major goal of developing relationships that stretch beyond the field and meeting rooms.”
“We are going to build a program that players, coaches and staff want to be a part of, protect and be proud of,” the statement continues. “There are so many great people in this building who help our players and the coaching staff on a daily basis. I am excited to work side by side with them to build this program.”
Of this staff, 12 of the 26 assistant coaches were with Vrabel at some point in Tennessee. That group is made up of Dews, Downing, and Houghtaling on the offensive side of the ball; Williams, McMillan, Kuhr, Hamilton, Booker, and Patterson on defense; Quinn on special teams; and Streicher and Piraino in their specialized roles.
There are also seven coaches returning from last year’s staff. Some of those decision had already been reported, such as retaining both special teams coaches. Others, like keeping Mayo as the strength and conditioning coach, are new. Mayo is the brother of former Pats head coach Jerod Mayo.
Another unreported hire is that of Keeton as an offensive assistant. The 31-year-old former Utah State quarterback spent last year as an offensive assistant for the Seattle Seahawks. Prior to that he’d worked as the college level as an offensive analyst at Marshall and running backs coach at Utah State after five years as a GA. Keeton was initial hired to be Montana State’s quarterbacks coach last year before taking the Seattle job.
Now that the 2025 Patriots coaching staff is set, all attention can turn towards the next step of the offseason: roster management. Big steps for the front office include the NFL Combine at the end of this month, and then negotiating with internal free agents before the unofficial start of free agency on March 10.
