Two days after news first broke, the New England Patriots have made it official. On Thursday morning, they announced hiring Bill O’Brien as the team’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
“I am looking forward to working with Bill again,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said in a statement provided by the team. “He is an outstanding coach and an asset to our staff.”
O’Brien, 53, therefore returns to the team that gave him his start in the NFL. He initially arrived in New England back in 2007, and over the next five years climbed up the organizational ladder.