The New England Patriots have rearranged their coaching staff for the 2023 NFL season after the experiment of having Joe Judge and Matt Patricia focus on the offense didn’t yield positive results.
Today, we learned that Judge will be getting a new and potentially bigger role with the organization. According to SI’s Albert Breer, Judge will serve as the Patriots assistant head coach in 2023.
Breer noted that the job will give Judge responsibilities in the personnel department similar to what Patricia got from the team in 2021. On the field, he’ll also be working with special teams coaches Cam Achord and Joe Houston – but will not be replacing either of them.
Prior to his short stint as head coach of the New York Giants, Judge served as wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator for the Patriots.
Jobs shaking out in NE, and here’s a big one—Joe Judge will be in an ass’t head coach role with the @Patriots in ’23 (with personnel elements/some parallels to Matt Patricia’s ’21 role), per sources.
On-field, he’ll work closely with Cam Achord and Joe Houston on special teams.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 23, 2023
After being fired by the Giants following the 2021 season, Joe Judge rejoined the Patriots and worked as their offensive assistant and QBs coach for the 2022 season.
But the team regressed with Judge and Matt Patricia taking a major role in the offense and at the end of the 2022 season, the Patriots made a big splash by hiring Bill O’Brien as their new offensive coordinator.
Bill Belichick has always worked to help his top assistants get bigger and better jobs on the team. He might be giving Judge the tools to get a second head coaching job the way he helped Josh McDaniels.
Will Joe Judge thrive in his new role?