{"id":796730,"date":"2026-03-06T18:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796730\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:22:15","slug":"patriots-hire-new-assistant-coach-to-help-offense-98-5-the-sports-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796730\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots hire new assistant coach to help offense – 98.5 The Sports Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New England Patriots are adding to their offensive coaching staff ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

As reported by Chad Graff<\/a> of The Athletic on Thursday, former Jets and Titans assistant Charles London is expected to join Mike Vrabel\u2019s staff in New England. London was most recently the Jets\u2019 quarterbacks coach in 2025 and had the same role for the Seahawks in 2024, but previously served as Vrabel\u2019s quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator in Tennessee in 2023.<\/p>\n

Per Graff\u2019s reporting, London\u2019s \u201ctitle is TBD but he\u2019s expected to help on offense.\u201d The Pats already have Thomas Brown serving as their pass game coordinator, while Ashton Grant is their quarterbacks coach. Grant is considered a rising star in the coaching ranks, but reportedly<\/a> turned down an opportunity to interview for the Raiders\u2019 offensive coordinator opening to stay in New England.<\/p>\n

London also has experience as a running backs coach, having served in the role for the Texans, Bears, and Falcons from 2014-22. Tony Dews is currently the Patriots running backs coach.<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s unclear what type of role London will fill, or if he\u2019s set to replace anyone currently on the staff. But it\u2019s certainly notable that Vrabel decided to bring him in at all, and that he felt the offensive coaching staff needed extra help and\/or a new voice. London seems like a logical replacement for either Brown or Grant, if one of them were to depart for an elevated role on a new team down the road.<\/p>\n

Matt, a North Andover, Massachusetts native, has been with The Sports Hub since 2010. Growing up the son of Boston University All-American and Melrose High School hall-of-fame hockey player Steve Dolloff, sports was always a part of his life. After attending Northeastern University, Matt focused his love of sports on writing, extensively writing about all four major Boston teams. He also is a co-host of the Sports Hub Underground podcast and is a regular on-air contributor on the Sports Hub. Matt writes about all New England sports from Patriots football to Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots are adding to their offensive coaching staff ahead of the 2026 season. As reported…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[29626,7,249,6,111578,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":["post-796730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee-titans","tag-charles-london","tag-football","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots-offseason-news","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-titans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116183626270227249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}