Tag: Nick Caley

Is this the reason why Patriots passed on hiring Nick Caley as OC?

Why did the Patriots pass on hiring Nick Caley as offensive coordinator?

Before hiring Alex Van Pelt, multiple reports had Los Angeles Rams tight ends coach Nick Caley as the frontrunner to be the New England Patriots’ next offensive coordinator.

What changed for Caley in the job hunt, and why did the Patriots ultimately decide to go with Van Pelt?

The Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard touched on a prevalent rumor that indicated Caley might have asked for too much money for the position in New England.

Per NESN.com’s Sean T. McGuire, Bedard wrote:

… Everyone else had options, including Nick Caley, who appeared to be the leading candidate for a while. Did he ask for too much money, even more than Bill O’Brien earned, to leave Sean McVay’s staff and LA, where his family was enjoying life? That was the prevalent rumor at the Senior Bowl.

Caley has history with the Patriots dating back to 2015, when he began his career as an offensive assistant. He last served as the tight ends coach for the organization in 2022.

This is a classic case of what could have been for New England. There’s also the possibility the team might actually be better off for choosing the veteran option in Van Pelt in an effort to get the offense back on track.

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Rams’ Nick Caley is a finalist for Patriots’ offensive coordinator job

Rams TEs coach Nick Caley is the first reported finalist for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator job after having two interviews already

The Rams have already lost one coach to the Patriots this offseason and they could be in danger of losing a second. According to the Boston Herald, Rams tight ends coach Nick Caley is the first finalist for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator job.

He’s already had two interviews with New England, including an in-person one in Foxborough, just as new Patriots special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer did. According to the Herald, the only other candidate to interview in-person was former Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy.

Besides Caley and Getsy, there are only four other candidates for the position out of the 11 who started the process; five have since landed jobs elsewhere.

The Rams hired Caley as their tight ends coach last year after he held the same position with the Patriots from 2017-2022. He began his coaching career in the NFL with New England in 2015 as an offensive assistant on Bill Belichick’s staff.

Frontrunner has reportedly emerged for Patriots’ offensive coordinator job

The first finalist in the Patriots’ OC search has reportedly emerged

An underwhelming offensive coordinator search for the New England Patriots could be close to ending with Los Angeles Rams tight ends coach Nick Caley reportedly emerging as the frontrunner for the job.

The Boston Herald’s Andrew Callahan reported the news on Wednesday night.

Per Callahan, Caley is the “first finalist” for the the vacant offensive coordinator position in New England, which has exceeded 10 interviews with various candidates.

“So Nick Caley, I reported earlier tonight, is the first finalist for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator job,” said Callahan. “What it means is he is closer to either getting an offer or having one already than any of the other candidates. He came in for a second interview, Sunday into Monday. Where things stand now, he is closer to getting that job than anyone.”

The Patriots were one of the worst offensive teams in the NFL this season, and it will take a herculean effort to turn things around. They are still lacking in explosive playmakers at receiver and offensive line talent.

So they were never going to be the team with the most highly-coveted job on the market.

The good news is Caley has great familiarity with the organization and working alongside Patriots coach Jerod Mayo. He started initially with the Patriots as an offensive assistant in 2015 and worked his way up to tight ends coach through 2022.

After spending one year away with the Rams, he could be on the verge of a return for his first coordinator job as an NFL coach.

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Two Rams assistant coaches land 2nd interviews with Patriots

The Los Angeles Rams have already lost Raheem Morris, Eric Henderson and Zac Robinson, and they could be in danger of losing two more

Jerod Mayo and the New England Patriots are taking a close look at the Los Angeles Rams’ coaching staff as they assemble their group following Bill Belichick’s departure. According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, the Patriots are bringing in Rams TEs coach Nick Caley and assistant special teams coach Jeremy Springer for second interviews.

They’ll have dinner with the team brass on Sunday night and then interview on Monday. Caley is being targeted for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator job, while Springer is up for the special teams coordinator position.

Caley actually worked with Mayo on Belichick’s staff previously, spending 2015 to 2022 in New England, coaching the tight ends and fullbacks during his tenure there. Mayo must have liked what he saw from the now-41-year-old coach because he’s considering him for the offensive coordinator spot.

Springer just finished his second season with the Rams after spending eight years coaching in college at Marshall, Arizona, Texas A&M and UTEP.

Two names revealed in Patriots’ upcoming offensive coordinator interviews

Patriots fans will be familiar with the first two candidates slated to interview for the vacant offensive coordinator job

The New England Patriots will reportedly begin their round of offensive coordinator interviews on Monday, starting with Los Angeles Rams tight ends coach Nick Caley, per Albert Breer.

On Tuesday, the interviews will continue with Rams pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Zac Robinson.

Newly-hired Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo is working to build a coaching staff of his choosing. Former Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien is returning to college football after accepting a job on Ohio State Buckeyes coach Ryan Day’s staff.

Before joining the Rams, Caley worked his way up from offensive assistant to tight ends coach in his eight-year run in New England. So he has a lot of familiarity with the organization and plenty of experience of working with Mayo.

Meanwhile, Robinson was a seventh-round draft pick for the Patriots in 2010. He’s Mayo’s former teammate and a rising, young star amongst NFL coaches.

The experience isn’t there at offensive coordinator for either of the two candidates, but at the same time, the Patriots have constantly failed at trying to rebuild the same magic they had for nearly two decades with Tom Brady under center.

Perhaps its time to give something new a chance and see if it works.

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Patriots to interview Rams TEs coach Nick Caley for offensive coordinator job

The Patriots are eyeing another Rams assistant, setting up an interview with TEs coach Nick Caley on Monday

The Los Angeles Rams brought in Nick Caley last offseason to be their new tight ends coach, hiring him away from the New England Patriots. Caley received great reviews from Sean McVay all year and seemingly did an impressive job with the Rams’ tight ends, but Los Angeles is now in danger of losing him to the team he used to work for.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Patriots will interview Caley for their offensive coordinator position under new head coach Jerod Mayo. That interview will take place on Monday.

Caley, 40, previously worked with the Patriots from 2015-2022. He started as an offensive assistant in his first two years but became the tight ends coach in 2017 and held that role for the following six years.

Caley won two Super Bowls with the Patriots, who were the first team in the NFL to give him a coaching opportunity after he spent 10 years at the collegiate level.

5 realistic offensive coordinator candidates for Patriots to replace Bill O’Brien

Here are five realistic offensive coordinator candidates for the Patriots

With Bill O’Brien reportedly expected to be hired by the Ohio State Buckeyes, the New England Patriots will be looking to fill their now vacant offensive coordinator role on the coaching staff.

The possibility of change with the offensive play-calling was always a possibility with newly-hired Patriots coach Jerod Mayo hiring his own staff. At Wednesday’s introductory press conference, he noted “everything was under consideration,” when asked if he planned on opening an offensive coordinator search.

The Patriots offense has ranked among the worst in football for the last two seasons. So it’s clearly a unit that could use a fresh pair of eyes. Granted, it won’t matter who they hire, if they fail to address the lackluster talent on the roster through free agency and the draft.

There are a plethora of intriguing options out there for the Patriots to help turn things around. Here are five offensive coordinator candidates for New England to replace Bill O’Brien:

10 coaching candidates for Patriots, if Bill Belichick gets fired

Here are 10 head coaching candidates that could replace Bill Belichick, if he gets fired by the team.

A new potential twist to the New England Patriots’ Week 10 matchup with the Indianapolis Colts has everyone with an opinion screaming it from the top of their lungs.

The Boston Globe’s Ben Volin recently reported that it wasn’t out of the question that Patriots coach Bill Belichick could be fired if the team loses to the Colts in Sunday’s trip to Germany. So it might really be a win-or-go-home situation for the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach.

It’s hard to envision the team ousting arguably the greatest coach of all time without a proper sendoff at the midway point in the season. But it does feel like Belichick could be on borrowed time in New England.

Whether it’s after the Colts game or at the end of the season, the Patriots could be merely days or months away from making a franchise-altering decision.

When and if the hammer falls, these are the 10 coaching candidates that could potentially take Belichick’s place.

Rams are hiring Nick Caley as new tight ends coach

The Rams have found a new tight ends coach, hiring former Patriot Nick Caley

The Los Angeles Rams have a new tight ends coach for the 2023 season. According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, they’re hiring former Patriots TEs coach Nick Caley for the same job on Sean McVay’s staff.

Thomas Brown coached the tight ends last season, while also working as the assistant head coach. Midway through the season, he went back to coaching the running backs, too.

Caley, 40, was one of the Patriots’ top assistant coaches this offseason, interviewing for the offensive coordinator jobs in New England, Houston and with the Jets. Rather than becoming an OC, he’ll join the Rams in a role that McVay views as a very important one.

Caley had been with the Patriots since 2015, starting out as an offensive assistant for the first two years before coaching the tight ends for the last six seasons. Caley also coached the fullbacks in 2020-2021.

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Patriots’ rising, young offensive coach Nick Caley hired by Rams

Former Patriots tight ends coach Nick Caley is LA-bound.

The New England Patriots’ longest-tenured offensive assistant, Nick Caley, is taking his talents out west to join the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.

Albert Breer reported the news on Sunday night.

Caley had interviewed for offensive coordinator jobs with multiple teams, including the Patriots, but according to Breer, he is being hired as the new tight ends coach for the Rams. So he will resume work with the same skilled group he coached for the Patriots since 2017.

The writing was already on the wall for Caley’s job ending in New England with his contract expiring and the Patriots hiring Will Lawing, who served as the tight ends coach for Bill O’Brien, when he was the head coach for the Houston Texans.

The Patriots are clearly allowing O’Brien to have some say over the offensive coaching staff, and from the looks of it, Caley was on the outs.

From the Rams’ perspective, they’ll be getting a fast-rising, young coach with the ability to grow and possibly even take on more responsibilities on their staff. It’s a perfect fit for a talent-rich Rams team led by a 37-year-old head coach.

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