
While the focus in New England has been on the hiring of new coach Mike Vrabel, the Tar Heels have taken a member of their front office to add to Bill Belichick’s front office in Chapel Hill.
According to a report from Mike Kadlick, Patriots beat reporter for CLNS Media, the Tar Heels are bringing in Patriots’ Director of Football Development Chris Mattes to join Belichick’s staff. His role with the Tar Heels was not specified in the report.
Mattes has spent the last eight years in the Patriots front office in a variety of different roles. He joined the organization in 2017 as a Coordinator of Player Operations and Engagement, a role that he would hold for three years, including in 2019 when the team won Super Bowl LIII. In May of 2020, he was elevated to the Director of Player Operations and Engagement and would hold that role for the next four years. This past offseason, he was named the Director of Football Development for new head coach Jerod Mayo, who was fired last Sunday after just one year as the team’s head coach.
Along with his time in the Patriots front office, Mattes had a successful lacrosse career that spanned nine seasons. In his eight seasons in Major League Lacrosse, he played in 53 career games as a faceoff specialist. He posted a 46% winning percentage on 1325 career faceoffs and was named an all-star as a member of the Florida Launch in 2016. He was also a part of the Boston Cannons championship team in 2011 as a rookie. His professional success followed a successful college career at Rutgers where he was named a 2011 USILA All-American and a first team Big East member.
This is another nice addition to the staff for Belichick that we are waiting to become official. Here is the list of the current staff members and their hiring statuses.
Coaches
Bill Belichick: Head Coach
Freddie Kitchens: Offensive Coordinator
Stephen Belichick: Defensive Coordinator
Matt Lombardi: Offensive Assistant
Billy Miller: Special Teams Assistant
Chris Jones: Defensive Assistant
Training
Moses Cabrera: Head of Strength and Conditioning
Amber Rinestine-Ressa: Director of Nutrition
Front Office
Michael Lombardi: General Manager
Andrew Blaylock: Player Personnel
Joe Anile: Player Personnel
Cory Giddings: Player Personnel
Chris Mattes: Player Personnel
*Italicized names are official hires
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