SOURCE SPORTS: Jerod Mayo Named Head Coach of New England Patriots, First Black Coach in Franchise History

Just
one
day
after
Bill
Belichick
moved
on
from
the
head
coaching
position
of
the
New
England
Patriots,
the
franchise
has
named
their
new
coach,
Jerod
Mayo.

The
37-year-old
will
be
the
youngest
coach
in
the
NFL
and
the
15th
head
coach
in
the
franchise’s
history.

According
to
ESPN’s
Adam
Schefter,
Mayo
joined
Belichick’s
coaching
staff
in
2019
as
the
linebackers
coach.
He
was
selected
as
part
of
a
succession
plan
built
into
his
contract
extension
last
summer.
Mayo
becomes
the
first
Black
coach
in
New
England
history.

MAyo’s
playing
career
was
in
New
England,
totaling
905
tackles
across
103
games
and
won
the
Associated
Press
Defensive
Rookie
of
the
Year
Award.
Mayo
was
part
of
the
2014
Patriots
Super
Bowl
team.

“I
feel
like
I’m
prepared.
I
feel
like
I’m
ready,”
Mayo
said
in
early
January
to


ESPN.
“I
feel
like
I
can
talk
to
men,
women,
old,
young,
white,
Black
—
it
doesn’t
matter.
And
hopefully
develop
those
people
into
upstanding
citizens
and
help
them
evolve.
That’s
how
I
think
about
it.
I
feel
like
my
calling
is
to
develop.”