NFL playing career as an assistant coach at Ohio State in 2011, he had thoughts of one day returning to the New England Patriots.

The New York Jets made a "late push" to secure Mike Vrabel but he picked the New England Patriots HC job instead. The post Jets Made ‘Late Push’ For Mike Vrabel, Picked Patriots Instead appeared first on Heavy Sports.

More to the point, Vrabel never coached under Belichick. He hasn’t worked in Foxboro in 15 years. In that time, he developed his own network and identity, moving from Ohio State to the Texans, Titans and Browns. Vrabel collected invaluable experience that would have served Mayo, also his own man, had Mayo ever flown the New England nest.

As the number of coaching candidates the Jets interview seems to grow by the hour, you have to wonder if Mike Tannenbaum and Rick Spielman are getting paid hourly. I joke, but the Jets have interviewed 12 people for the job with five others expected to interview.

The New York Jets are planning to interview Maryland football coach Mike Locksley on Friday, according to the NFL Network.

The New York Jets are exploring the college ranks amid their head coaching search. The team announced on Friday that it completed an interview with

The New York Jets interviewed Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Maryland coach Mike ... candidates to seven, joining Mike Vrabel, Ron Rivera, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy and ...

Maryland coach Mike Locksley interviewed for ... A winter of change for the Jets What Zack Rosenblatt is hearing about Aaron Glenn, Mike Vrabel and other candidates. Why New York is the least ...

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The NFL coaching carousel is spinning slowly. The Jets, Saints and Bears got a head start in their searches because they fired coaches during the season. The Jaguars and Raiders joined the hunt last week. The Cowboys jumped in Monday so they have to wait to interview assistants on playoff teams because the first window passed.

For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.

The Jets have completed an interview with Josh McCown for their head coach vacancy, the team announced Friday afternoon.