Bill O’Brien brought Mike Vrabel into the NFL coaching realm as an assistant on his Houston Texans staff. Now, the latter may be ready to build another chapter on their common history with the New England Patriots.
Vrabel interviewed with New England for its head coaching vacancy Thursday and O’Brien, the two-time offensive coordinator for the Patriots, knows the track record of the three-time Super Bowl champion linebacker.
“I tried to get Mike to come with me to Penn State,” O’Brien told WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” Thursday morning. “He stayed at Ohio State.