A coaching journey he needed to take, and the former star linebacker uniquely suited to put a faltering franchise back on track.

The New York Jets made a "late push" to secure Mike Vrabel but he picked the New England Patriots HC job instead. The post Jets Made ‘Late Push’ For Mike Vrabel, Picked Patriots Instead appeared first on Heavy Sports.

As the number of coaching candidates the Jets interview seems to grow by the hour, you have to wonder if Mike Tannenbaum and Rick Spielman are getting paid hourly.

The New York Jets interviewed Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Maryland coach Mike Locksley on Friday ... growing list of coaching candidates to seven, joining Mike Vrabel, Ron Rivera, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy and Aaron Glenn.

Locksley is 32-36 in six years at Maryland, which went 4-8 this year but had bowl victories in each of the last three seasons

A Jets fan growing up, the Bellmore native has worked in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' front office in various roles since 2010.

The New York Jets interviewed Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Maryland coach Mike ... candidates to seven, joining Mike Vrabel, Ron Rivera, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy and ...

FILE - Maryland head coach Mike Locksley looks on ... ever-growing list of coaching candidates to seven, joining Mike Vrabel, Ron Rivera, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy and Aaron Glenn.

For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.

With Johnson heading to Chicago and Mike Vrabel already in New England, five head coaching vacancies remain. The Jets, Saints, Jaguars, Raiders and Cowboys are still in the hunt. Johnson, who was Detroit’s offensive coordinator, agreed to become the Chicago Bears head coach on Monday, two days after the No. 1 seeded Lions lost to Washington.

Mike Vrabel may be the new sheriff in town in New England but that doesn't mean that the former Titans coach is making wholesale changes to the team's coaching staff. Vrabel was hired by the Patriots last week after the organization chose to move on from Jerod Mayo — bringing Vrabel back to the

Liam Coen's decision to withdraw his name from consideration for Jacksonville's head coaching position and sign a new contract to remain the offensive coordinator in Tampa Bay didn't last long. Coen passed up the opportunity to become the highest-paid assistant coach in the NFL and took a second interview with the Jaguars on Thursday,