Jerod Mayo lasted just one season as head coach of the Patriots. Did Bill Belichick, Mayo's former coach and later boss, play a role in the failure?

Roughly 12 months after Patriots owner Robert Kraft parted ways with Belichick, Kraft fired Mayo after one season as HC.

Bill Belichick gave a hilarious reaction after the Patriots fired former head coach Jerod Mayo after Week 18's win.

College doesn't seem to have changed Bill Belichick. The new head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels made his weekly appearance on the Pat McAfee Show on Monday and when asked about the head coaching situation in New England he gave a vintage Belichick response.

Watch Patriots CEO and chairman Robert Kraft's press conference after decision to fire New England head coach Jerod Mayo.

Following just one season with the Patriots, Jerod Mayo, the heir apparent to Bill Belichick, was fired on Sunday. Owner Robert Kraft explained his decision on Monday.

Robert Kraft bypassed a typical coaching search last year. After firing Jerod Mayo after one season, the Patriots owner can't repeat that same mistake.

Robert Kraft said he put Jerod Mayo in an "untenable" situation with the Patriots, but the owner still felt that he had to move on from the coach.

When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt he’d identified the right person to follow the championship legacy left by Bill Belichick. In hindsight, Kraft now believes Mayo wasn’t quite ready to be an NFL head coach.

FOXBORO — Robert Kraft stepped up to the podium and took accountability for Jerod Mayo’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tenure as Patriots head coach that lasted just under one year.