The Patriots hired ex-Giants head coach and former offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo to their coaching staff Tuesday, a source confirmed. McAdoo’s title has not been finalized yet, but he is expected to be named a senior offensive assistant, according to Sports Illustrated. He is the fourth outside coaching hire new Patriots coach Jerod Mayo has made this offseason, and the third with ties to director of scouting Eliot Wolf.
McAdoo coached with new Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt in Green Bay from 2012-13, when Wolf worked in the Packers’ personnel department. Wolf also overlapped with McAdoo from 2006-2011.
McAdoo, 46, was out of football last year after serving as the Panthers’ offensive coordinator in 2022. That season, Carolina finished 20th in points scored and 25th by the opponent-and-situation-adjusted metric DVOA. The Panthers parted with McAdoo last offseason during a regime change.
His prior stops included one year as a consultant for the Cowboys in 2021 and coaching the Jaguars’ quarterbacks in 2020. McAdoo left Jacksonville the following offseason amid a head-coaching change. He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons out of the league, and hasn’t coached an NFL offense that finished in the top 10 for scoring since 2015.
His most memorable NFL stint came in New York, where he failed to last two seasons as head coach. After leading the 2016 Giants to the playoffs, he was fired the next season following a 2-10 start and the benching of franchise legend Eli Manning. At that time, McAdoo’s 28 regular-season games coached were the fewest by an NFL head coach since 1930.
As head coach, McAdoo succeeded Tom Coughlin after working two years as his offensive coordinator. Like Van Pelt, McAdoo’s longest stint as an assistant was under Mike McCarthy in Green Bay. McAdoo coached Packers tight ends from 2006-11 and their quarterbacks, including Aaron Rodgers, from 2012-13.
Before that, he followed McCarthy from the Saints’ staff in 2004 to San Francisco in 2005. McAdoo got his coaching start at a Pennsylvania high school, followed by college stops at Michigan State, Fairfield and Pittsburgh.
The NFL Network first reported McAdoo’s hiring.
