Patriots hire Josh McDaniels as OC, Terrell Williams as DC

The New England Patriots announced Wednesday that Josh McDaniels has returned for a third stint as the team's offensive coordinator.

The Patriots also announced Terrell Williams will be the team's defensive coordinator and Jeremy Springer will serve as the special teams coordinator.

McDaniels, 48, will take over an offense quarterbacked by rising sophomore Drake Maye on new coach Mike Vrabel's first staff in Foxborough, Mass.

McDaniels spent 2001-08 and 2012-21 on the Patriots' staff in a variety of roles, first rising to the offensive coordinator post in 2006. He was a part of all six Super Bowl titles of the Bill Belichick era.

McDaniels also is known for a pair of failed stints as a head coach. He was fired by the Denver Broncos 12 games into his second season with the team in 2010. History repeated itself eight games into his second season leading the Las Vegas Raiders in 2023.

Williams, 50, was on Vrabel's staff with the Tennessee Titans from 2018-23, finishing that tenure as the assistant head coach and defensive line coach.

He is the latest member of Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell's staff to depart this week, with offensive coordinator Ben Johnson named head coach of the Chicago Bears on Tuesday. Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn will be named the head coach of the New York Jets, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.

Williams coached the defensive line for the Miami Dolphins (2015-17) and then-Oakland Raiders (2012-14) after stints as an assistant at Texas A&M, Purdue, Akron and other schools.

Springer, 35, joined the Patriots last season after spending two years (2022-23) as a special teams assistant with the Los Angeles Rams.

--Field Level Media