The Patriots parted ways with their head coach on Sunday afternoon.
The New England Patriots wasted no time after their season finale. Shortly after head coach Jerod Mayo left the podium, the team announced on behalf of owner Robert Kraft that he has been fired after one underwhelming campaign.
It will take some time for the dust to settle after that move. One thing seems clear, though: quasi-general manager Eliot Wolf and the Patriots’ front office will remain in place, at least at the moment.
As first reported by Chad Graff of The Athletic, Wolf “is expected to return to the Patriots” in his current role as executive vice president of player personnel. Whether his status will change at some point in the future — i.e. after a new head coach is hired — remains to be seen.
Wolf arrived in New England one year after Jerod Mayo, joining the Patriots as a consultant during the 2020 offseason. He was promoted to director of scouting two years later, and in 2024 moved to the top of the team’s personnel department. After Bill Belichick’s departure from the organization, Wolf was selected as the man to succeed him in that capacity.
Under his leadership, the Patriots focused on a “draft and develop” mentality. They spent most of the 2024 offseason retaining their in-house talent, while also adding quarterback Drake Maye as the third overall pick in the draft.
While the Patriots are entering the 2025 offseason with a vacancy atop their coaching staff now, they do have Maye as a potential franchise-caliber player as well as a projected salary cap space of around $130 million and the fourth overall selection in the draft. For the moment, Wolf remains the one managing those assets.