A day after Brian Belichick departed, Mike Vrabel is hiring a veteran safeties coach who worked with him in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Titans have hired John Fassel as the team’s special teams coordinator. Fassel joins the Titans with 20 seasons of prior NFL experience, including the past five years as special teams coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys.

Another former member of the Tennessee Titans coaching staff has made his way over to the New England Patriots. Outside of the Patriots' new hire at head coach,

After the Patriots let go of Belichick and Pellegrino, Vrabel has worked quickly to bring in multiple defensive coaches. Booker coached safeties in Tennessee. The Patriots also added Kevin Richardson II, who was an assistant defensive backs coach at the University of Illinois.

The Patriots needed to ensure they made the right choice to be their next head coach, and it looks like Mike Vrabel was the right one.

Tuesday saw the start of player practices and drills at the Senior Bowl, and a high-profile group of New England Patriots staffers was on hand to follow the action. The biggest names among them were Mike Vrabel,

The New England Patriots replaced one former linebacker with another as their head coach. After just one year under player-turned-coach Jerod Mayo, New England opted to hire former Patriots legend Mike Vrabel as their head coach.