As Patriots rookie minicamp concluded for players last weekend, it did for some young coaches as well.
One of those guys is former BC linebacker Vinny DePalma -whp turned down a cushy job to start the grind as a coach in the NFL - gets his career started under Jerod Mayo. (I joked with him in March that he was nuts, but he said it was an opportunity he couldn't pass up) .
DePalma is a 'defensive coaching assistant' by title, but Mike Reiss told us on the New England Football Show two weeks ago that it was a low level, basically intern role, but ya gotta start somewhere, right?