The New England Patriots have fired head coach Jerod Mayo after one season with the team, the team announced Sunday.
“After the game today, I informed Jerod Mayo that he will not be returning as the head coach of the New England Patriots in 2025,” owner Robert Kraft said in a statement. “When other teams started requesting to interview him, I feared I would lose him and committed to making him our next head coach. … Unfortunately, the trajectory of our team’s performances throughout the season did not ascend as I had hoped.”
The Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 23-16 on Sunday, finishing the season 4-13. Kraft hand-picked Mayo as Bill Belichick’s successor after Belichick and the organization mutually parted ways in January 2023. Mayo previously spent five campaigns as the team’s inside linebackers coach. The 38-year-old also played his entire career in New England, earning two Pro Bowl nods and winning one Super Bowl ring as a linebacker.
The rest of the Patriots’ front office currently remains unchanged. They also haven’t released any of Mayo’s assistant coaches.