On Thursday, the Jets started looking for a brand new coach by interviewing Ron Rivera.
Now, one of many largest teaching free brokers will interview with Gang Inexperienced on Friday.
The Jets are interviewing former Titans coach Mike Vrabel, a supply confirmed. Vrabel is taken into account one of many hottest candidates on this teaching cycle.
Vrabel, 49, was Tennessee’s coach for six seasons (2018-23). Throughout that point, he led the Titans to the playoffs 3 times and completed with a file of 54-45. That features an look within the 2019 AFC Championship recreation earlier than shedding to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion Chiefs.
In 2021, Vrabel was the NFL Coach of the Yr after Tennessee gained the AFC South with a 12-5 file. Nevertheless, his last two seasons with the Titans fielded little success.
Vrabel ended his tenure in Tennessee with back-to-back shedding seasons, which led to normal supervisor Jon Robinson’s firing in 2022. A yr later, Vrabel was additionally fired after the Titans completed 6-11.
This season, Vrabel labored in a consulting position with the Browns. His contract in Cleveland ended Monday.
Candidates working for an NFL staff can not interview till the common season ends on Sunday.
Vrabel is the second identified candidate to interview for the Jets teaching job, following Rivera, who has earlier teaching expertise with the Panthers and Commanders.
Former Jets and Payments coach Rex Ryan stated this week throughout a radio interview with ESPN New York that he expects to interview for the teaching emptiness. Nevertheless, no assembly has been scheduled.
Vrabel is anticipated to draw broad curiosity across the league. Along with the Jets, the Bears and Saints have teaching vacancies after firing Matt Eberflus and Dennis Allen this season.
The Raiders is also keen on Vrabel in the event that they resolve to half methods with Antonio Pierce. Vrabel’s former Patriots teammate Tom Brady is now a minority proprietor of the Raiders.
Talking of the Patriots, they is also keen on making Vrabel their coach. He was a linebacker in New England beneath Invoice Belichick for eight seasons and is within the staff’s Corridor of Fame. Vrabel was additionally a three-time Tremendous Bowl champion as a participant with the Patriots. Jerod Mayo has been beneath fireplace because the Patriots are going by way of a disastrous 3-13 season.
The Jets haven’t been to the postseason since 2010 and are determined to finish the longest playoff drought in North American sports activities. Vrabel recorded 4 consecutive successful seasons in Tennessee (2018-21) and has a confirmed observe file of being a program builder, one thing the Jets have wanted for over a decade.
The Jets are coming to the tip of a turbulent 2024 season that has seen a number of modifications. On Oct. 8, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson fired coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 begin and a loss to the Vikings in London. A month later, on Nov. 19, Johnson fired normal supervisor Joe Douglas after five-plus years.
Since Jeff Ulbrich grew to become interim coach, the Jets have a 2-9 file.
In November, Johnson employed The thirty third Crew, a media and consulting group led by former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum and former Dolphins and Vikings GM Rick Spielman, to assist help them in each their normal supervisor and training searches.
Former Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff, former Titans GM Jon Robinson, Senior Bowl director Jim Nagy, and ESPN analyst Louis Reddick have beforehand interviewed for the Jets normal supervisor position.
Initially Printed: January 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM EST
