A former linebacker, who won three Super Bowls with the team between 2001 and 2008, he is now going to be the one calling the plays on the sidelines.

Immediately after his press conference ended Monday, Vrabel didn’t greet his new boss, Robert Kraft, nor his wife, Jen. In fact, he walked past both of them to embrace two other people, David Andrews and Joe Cardona, team captains who had watched his press conference from the first row.

Homecoming: Mike Vrabel and the Patriots reached a multi-year agreement to make him New England’s next head coach, per sources. Vrabel now is the seventh individual to become the head coach for a franchise he once helped win a Super Bowl as a player, joining Jerod Mayo, Bart… pic.twitter.com/LR3cpdHNQf