FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - First-year New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo is turning to an old teammate to fill a void on his coaching staff, hiring Dont'a Hightower to work with the team's linebackers.
Hightower brings championship pedigree to his first coaching job, having won two national championships at Alabama, and three Super Bowl championships in New England.
He played for the Patriots from 2012-2019, and after opting out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returned to play one final season in 2021. He was selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2012 draft and had earned the nickname "Mr.