The New England Patriots interviewed former Wisconsin football assistant Thomas Brown for their vacant offensive coordinator position last Tuesday.
The Patriots are working to build their support staff under new coach Mike Vrabel, who was Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell’s college teammate and roommate at Ohio State.
Brown spent the 2024 season as the Chicago Bears’ pass game coordinator. His duties increased in Week 10 when he was promoted to offensive coordinator after Shane Waldron’s firing. He was promoted to interim head coach in Week 14 after Matt Eberflus was relieved of his duties. Brown led the Bears to a 1-4 record to close the season.
Brown was Wisconsin’s running backs coach in 2014 under coach Gary Andersen. The well-traveled assistant coached running backs at the college level at Chattanooga (2012), Marshall (2013), Wisconsin (2014), Georgia (2015), Miami (OC, 2016-18) and South Carolina (2019). He jumped to the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams (2020-21), before spending 2022 as the Rams’ tight ends coach and 2023 as the Carolina Panthers’ offensive coordinator.
The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Brown’s interview with the Patriots. The team also reportedly requested to interview Chargers pass game coordinator Marcus Brady.
The #Patriots spent this past Tuesday interviewing #Bears interim coach and OC Thomas Brown for their vacant OC job under new coach Mike Vrabel, sources say.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 17, 2025
Brown is looking for a new destination for the 2025 season after the Bears hired Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as their new coach on Monday. Johnson has not begun to fill out his coaching staff.
The former Badger assistant interviewed for the position earlier this month. He also reportedly interviewed for the Seattle Seahawks’ OC opening.
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