Boston College head coach Bill O'Brien has some fun with new Patriots HC Mike Vrabel during WEEI's 'The Greg Hill Show'

During that first radio hit, Vrabel got a surprise call from an old friend, former Patriots offensive coordinator and current Boston College head coach Bill O'Brien, who called to congratulate Vrabel on his hiring.

Bill O'Brien wasn't a fan of the sports-radio discourse over Drake Maye's absence from Mike Vrabel's press conference.

Bill O'Brien, who coached Vrabel as a player and later hired him says it was a "great decision" to bring him in as the Patriots next head coach.

Bill O’Brien, the former Patriots OC and current Boston College ... in Patriots history during his two previous runs in New England. For much of that, Brady was the quarterback.

Our look at some of the likely candidates to become the Patriots' next offensive and defensive coordinators includes familiar faces.

Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was back in New England on Thursday, hoping to convince some promising young football players to join him at the University of North Carolina.

McDaniels agreed Tuesday night to become the Patriots’ offensive coordinator again, a source confirmed to the Globe. It’s the same role McDaniels had from 2006-08 and 2012-21, when he was essentially the “head coach” of the offense for Bill Belichick and was a crucial piece of the dynasty.

During his introductory press conference on Monday, the Akron, Ohio, native gave a shout out to Boston College football head coach Bill O’Brien and credited him for helping get

The New England Patriots have a new head coach in Mike Vrabel, and now he needs to find an offensive coordinator to continue the development of quarterback Drake Maye

He stood at a lectern, dozens of reporters and New England ... and Bill O’Brien, then Penn State’s head coach. On O’Brien’s first day as a low-level assistant with the Patriots in 2007 ...

That’s what former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson ... That job only opened up because Bill O’Brien, who had only been on the job for a few weeks, left to become the head coach ...