In the first year since Bill Belichick stepped away from the NFL, the New England Patriots gave the full-time head coach position to Jerod Mayo, a former player of theirs. Mayo and his team struggled in 2024, admittedly, he didn’t have a ton of talent with which to work.
Mayo was fired after the season. He now hits the market where he should see a decent number of suitors. He won’t land a head coaching role, at least not this offseason but offers a lot of value as a coach in a smaller role. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo thinks Mayo would be a good candidate for the Steelers as a linebackers coach.