Mike Reiss
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots They are expected to hire Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.
McDaniels will return to the team for a third time, this time to work under first-year head coach Mike Vrabel and help tutor the budding quarterback Drake Mayethird pick in the 2024 draft.
The Patriots recently interviewed McDaniels. They also conducted an interview Minnesota Vikings assistant quarterbacks coach Grant Udinski, Chicago Bears interim head coach thomas brown i Los Angeles Chargers passing game coordinator Marcus Brady for this position, sources say.
McDaniels did not coach in the NFL in 2024 after serving Las Vegas Invaders head coach in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
He has never coached Vrabel’s team, but the two have had a bond since Vrabel played for the Patriots (2001-2008) as a member of three Super Bowl championship teams.
McDaniels broke into the NFL in 2001 as an assistant coach under Bill Belichick in New England. After leaving in 2009 to become the Broncos’ head coach until he was fired in December 2010 and serving as the Rams’ offensive coordinator for a year in 2011, he returned to New England from 2012-2021.
In 2021, McDaniels mentored the quarterback Mac Jones after a successful rookie season that saw him named a Pro Bowl reserve, and now he’ll be looking to replicate that performance for Maye, who played in 12 games as a rookie in 2024 and went 225 of 338 for 2,276 yards, 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Maye added 54 rushes for 421 yards and two touchdowns.
Barstool Sports first reported that McDaniels’ hiring was imminent.
