PATRIOTS LOSE ANOTHER COACH

The coaching turnover in New England continues. According to the Boston Globe, the latest member of Bill Belichick’s staff to leave is tight ends coach Pete Mangurian. The Globe points out that a factor in Mangurian’s departure might have been that Bill O’Brien, who was promoted from wide receivers coach to quarterbacks coach, could take on some of the play-calling responsibilities left behind by Josh McDaniels. Mangurian was considered a candidate to fill that void. He was the only member of Belichick’s staff with previous offensive coordinator experience in the NFL, having served that role with the Falcons in 2003. He is expected to join Raheem Morris’ staff in Tampa Bay. When Mangurian was the head coach at Cornell from 1998-2000, Morris served there as an assistant. [Editor’s note: It’s unknown whether Mangurian or Morris ever hit the tizzown with Andy Bernard after the Hofstra game.] The Patriots have lost McDaniels, Mangurian, Dom Capers, and special teams coach Brad Seely this offseason. They have vacancies on the coaching staff at tight ends, wide receivers, special teams, and the secondary. Per the Globe, New England will almost definitely fill one of those positions from the outside. And that could mean adding former Broncos special teams coach Scott O’Brien, who worked under Belichick with the Browns.