coach_years current_team birth_place coach_team current_title birth_date article_title name alma_mater
2002 2008 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 -- 2013 2014-present -- 2003 2004 2005 -- 2006 2007 -- new england patriots waterbury , connecticut wagner coach -rrb- richmond -lrb- tight ends coach -rrb- notre dame -lrb- -lrb- defensive graduate assistant -rrb- toledo -lrb- defensive line coach graduate -rrb- new england patriots -lrb- defensive coaching assistant -rrb- new assistant england patriots -lrb- defensive assistant coach -rrb- new england patriots -rrb- -lrb- linebackers coach -rrb- new england patriots -lrb- defensive line richmond coach -rrb- new england patriots -lrb- linebackers coach -rrb- -lrb- defensive line linebackers coach 24 january 1979 patrick graham -lrb- american football -rrb-
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patrick graham -lrb- american football -rrb-

patrick graham -lrb- born january 24 , 1979 in waterbury , connecticut -rrb- is the linebackers coach for the new england patriots of the national football league .
graham played college football as a defensive lineman at yale university , graduating with a bachelor 's degree in sociology in 2002 .
he then worked as a graduate assistant at wagner college while also studying for an mba .
after two seasons at wagner , graham moved to the university of richmond , where he was a defensive line coach in 2004 and then a tight ends coach in 2005 and 2006 .
in 2007 , he was a defensive graduate assistant under head coach charlie weis at the university of notre dame .
following the 2008 season , graham accepted a position as defensive line coach at the university of toledo .
however , he left the school in february 2009 to join the new england patriots as a defensive coaching assistant , where weis had formerly been an assistant coach under patriots head coach bill belichick .
in 2010 , graham 's title was changed to defensive assistant coach .
he was promoted to linebackers coach in 2011 .
in 2012 , he moved to defensive line coach , and moved back to linebackers in 2014 .
