Boston College head coach Bill O'Brien has some fun with new Patriots HC Mike Vrabel during WEEI's 'The Greg Hill Show'

Now, with O’Brien revitalizing BC and Vrabel looking to do the same with the Patriots, the area’s most prominent football teams are led by men who bonded in Foxborough.

“People that have helped shape me, from John Cooper, Bill Cowher, John Mitchell ... before going to the Tennessee Titans to serve as the head coach from 2018-23. O’Brien was the head coach for Houston during that time. During his time with Tennessee ...

Former Titans defensive back Logan Ryan played under Vrabel from 2018-19, and he believes that the former Tennessee coach should be back on the sidelines this year. “I feel like

Former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel is a head coach again in the ... Vrabel jumped back to the NFL to work on the Houston Texans staff with fellow Belichick disciple, Bill O'Brien. Three years as a position coach later, Vrabel had been promoted ...

Go behind the scenes as Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien gives Ryan Mallett the tough ... was mic'd up for the team's Week 18 game at the Tennessee Titans. Hutchinson and the Texans knocked ...

Former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel is heading back to New England to be the next coach of the Patriots, where he'll play vs the Titans in 2025.

Former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel is a head coach ... on the Houston Texans staff with fellow Belichick disciple, Bill O'Brien. Three years as a position coach later, Vrabel had been ...

Mike Vrabel made a triumphant return to New England as head coach of the Patriots on Monday. A former linebacker and Super Bowl champion under Bill Belichick, Vrabel said he felt the move back to Foxborough was right "in his soul.

Vrabel made his own path by first serving as a linebackers coach for Ohio State in 2011. He also worked as a defensive line coach for that program in 2012 and 2013 before taking his talents to to NFL, where he worked under Bill O’Brien with the Texans as the linebackers coach and defensive coordinator.

Vrabel has said he doesn’t have a timeline for the coordinator search, though interviews will likely start in the coming week.

The Patriots haven't announced if DeMarcus Covington is staying, but it appears they're moving on at DC. Read more on Boston.com.