Patriots reportedly ‘in talks’ to hire Ben McAdoo as assistant coach
McAdoo coached alongside Patriots’ offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt with the Packers from 2012-13.
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The Patriots reportedly are well on their way to filling out their coaching staff.
New England is ‘in talks’ to hire Ben McAdoo as an assistant coach, according to Monday Morning Quarterback’s Albert Breer. McAdoo is expected to take on an assistant head coach-type role under Jerod Mayo with a focus on helping offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, per Breer.
McAdoo was most notably the Giants’ head coach in 2016-17, though his resume expands beyond those seasons.
The 46-year-old has coached the offensive line, tight ends, and quarterbacks, as well as holding offensive coordinator roles two separate times. Since his first NFL coaching gig in 2004, McAdoo has made stops at seven different teams (Saints, 49ers, Packers, Giants, Jaguars, Cowboys, and Panthers).
McAdoo has ties to Van Pelt as well as the Patriots’ director of scouting, Eliot Wolf. He coached alongside Van Pelt in Green Bay from 2012-13; McAdoo was the quarterbacks coach while Van Pelt was the running backs coach.
In his eight years as the Packers’ tight ends coach (2006-2011) and quarterbacks coach (2012-13), McAdoo and Wolf shared time in the organization. Wolf held various director of personnel positions in Green Bay between 2004-2017.
Mayo had reportedly been seeking a former head coach to add to his staff, according to The Athletic’s Chad Graff. The first-year head coach was searching for someone to work under him on a staff consisting of multiple young coaches, per Graff.
“Mayo is excited by the idea of a young staff and the energy and connectivity with players it could yield,” Graff wrote on Jan. 30. “But he’s also aware of what it might lack. After he hires all three coordinators, he’s expected to search for a more experienced assistant (title TBD) who has been a head coach before and can be someone he leans on — but someone who doesn’t have day-to-day duties like overseeing a specific position group.”
Perhaps with Wolf and Van Pelt’s input, Mayo may have found just the fit.
Given McAdoo’s vast coaching resume and experience coaching all aspects of offense, he seems to check several boxes on Mayo’s checklist for an assistant head coach-type individual.
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