According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the current thinking regarding the Patriots is that they will promote WRs coach Chad O’Shea to offensive coordinator and LBs coach Brian Flores to defensive coordinator, replacing Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia.
While a report surfaced that the Patriots could interview Ohio State DC Greg Schiano, Florio says that he likely would be considered for a different role such as assistant head coach.
If the Patriots do, in fact, hire Schiano, Florio mentions that they would have a replacement on staff in Flores departs for a head-coaching job in coming years.
Flores, 36, began his NFL coaching career with the Patriots back in 2004 as a scouting assistant. He has spent his entire career with New England and held a number of positions including Pro scout, special teams assistant, assistant offense/special teams, defensive assistant, safeties coach and linebackers coach.
Schiano, 51, began his college coaching career back in 1989 as a graduate assistant for Rutgers. Since then, Schiano worked at Penn State, Miami and for the Chicago Bears before he was hired as the Buccaneers head coach in 2012.
Schiano lasted two seasons in Tampa Bay before he was fired by the Buccaneers. After a few years out of college, Schiano was hired to run Ohio State’s defense last year.
A few months ago, Schiano actually agreed to a deal to become the next head coach at Tennessee before the school backed out of the deal, due to backlash they received from the move.
During his 11 years as Rutgers head coach, Schiano posted a record of 68-67 (50.4 percent) to go along with six bowl game appearances.
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