Mike Vrabel Teams Coached

Michael George Vrabel is a football coach from America. He is now the head coach for the Tennessee Titans in the National Football League (NFL). He was also a player in the NFL having played for teams like Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs.

Born on August 14, 1975, in Akron, Ohio, United States, Mike Vrabel played football as a linebacker. During his playing career, he won three Super Bowls namely Super Bowl XXXVI (2001 NFL season), XXXVIII (2003 NFL season) and Super Bowl XXXIX (2004 NFL season) with the New England Patriots. After his retirement as a player, he decided to use his experience to become a football coach. He has coached both college and NFL teams in his career.

As a head coach, Mike Vravel has gathered a win-loss record of 48-34 with a win percent of .585 in the regular season. For the postseason, he has a win-loss record of 2-3 with a win percent of .400. He is interested in winning the Super Bowl in the 2023 NFL season with the Tennessee Titans.

Teams Coached by Mike Vrabel

Here is a summary of all the teams that have received the guidance of Mike Vravel as a coach.

College

Mike Vrabel started his coaching career at Ohio State as the linebackers coach in 2011. However, in 2012, head coach Urban Meyer used him as a defensive line coach. Resultantly, the college football team went unbeaten with a score of 12-0. Mike Vrabel was honored as Big Ten Recruiter of the Year by ESPN.

Houston Texans

Mike Vrabel started his NFL coaching career with this team. He joined the team as a linebackers coach in 2014 and worked in this position until 2016. During this time, the team ranked number 3 in the area of yards per game with a score of 310.2. Additionally, they also tied 7th in points allowed per game with a score of 19.6. Vrabel’s coaching helped improve the linebackers to a great degree. In 2016, the team ranked number one in the area of total defense by surrendering only 301.3 yards. As a linebackers coach, he coached and developed several players like Brian Cushing, Whitney Mercilus, Jadeveon Clown and Benardrick McKinney. All these players earned All-Pro honors and Clowney was added to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career.

In 2017, Mike Vrabel became the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans. Although a lot of players were injured and on the reserve, he caused the defense of the team to have the fifth best third-down percentage in the NFL. He departed from the team in 2018.

Tennessee Titans

Mike Vrabel became the head coach for this NFL team in 2018. In his first season as the head coach, he helped his team beat opponents like his former team Houston Texans and Philadelphia Eagles. He also went on to defeat Brad Belichick and his team New England Patriots with a score of 34-10. Notably, Brad Belichick has been a former coach of Vrabel. Unfortunately, the team lost their playoff chances by losing in one game. Nevertheless, throughout the 2018 NFL season, he focused on and improved the defense of the team. Resultantly, it changed from number 13 to number 8. The team ended the season with a win-loss record of 9-7.

During the 2019 NFL season, Mike Vrabel helped the team reach the playoffs as the 6th seed. Unfortunately, they lost to the Denver Broncos with a score of 16-0. Mike Vrabel brought in Ryan Tannehill instead of Marcus Mariota, thereby helping the team to win 7 out of their last 10 final games. Ryann Tannehill also became the highest-rated passer in the league. They even reached their first AFC Championship Game but they were defeated by the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of 35-24.

For the 2020 NFL season, Mike Vrabel helped guide the team to tie for 2nd position in total offense with 396.4 yards per game and rank 4 in scoring offense with a score of 30.7 points per game. The Tennessee Titans were also the first NFL team to score 2500 rushing yards and 3500 net passing yards. At the same time, they surrendered 25 sacks. Ryan Tannehill and A.J. Brown got special recognition for their passing and receiving skills. The team won the AFC South Title and reached the playoffs for the second time. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the team finished the season with a win-loss record of 5-1 in their division. For the road games, they achieved a 6-2 mark.

Mike Vravel was honored with Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year after the completion of the 2021 NFL season. He helped improve his team a lot in the 2021 season.

For the 2022 season, the team mainly relied on the youth. Despite this, the team managed to put up a good performance for their fans. The rookies of the team made 56 starts and played 145 games in the season. Now, Mike Vrabel is all ready to lead the Tennessee Titans into the 2023 NFL season as the head coach for the 6th year.