Now this is what you call a childhood dream coming true! For Jerod Mayo, it felt just like that when he became the New England Patriots head coach this year. And a part of the credit for his success goes to his parents, who helped shape his professional background in football.

Jerod Mayo was born on February 23, 1986, to dad Wilson Hinds and mom Denise Mayo-Hinds. Besides Mayo, the couple also share two daughters and four sons, out of which three of his brothers were also linebackers like him. This clearly shows that Mayo has a football background, thanks to his parents, who guided their children and have been pillars of support for them since their childhood.

Now, this childhood part is evident from an incident shared by Mayo’s mom, Denise, in an earlier interview. She expressed how proud she felt seeing Jerod excel in football as a coach: “It’s always humbling when you see your children speak a dream and then achieve the dream.”

While recalling a moment when Jerod realized he had to choose football as his career, Denise shared that she and her husband often took him to church, where they would ask him, “Tell the whole church what you want to be when you grow up.” According to Denise, Jerod would always say, “I want to be a professional football player.” And guess what? He had been saying it “since he was 8 years old.”

And now that Jerod Mayo has become the head coach of a popular NFL team – the Patriots – his parents are proud of him.

Jerod Mayo’s parents felt blessed after his head coaching job!

With this new HC job for the Patriots, Jerod Mayo also registered his name in the NFL history books. How? Well, “the franchise’s first Black head coach.” Hence, after seeing their son achieving his dream and becoming the glory of their family, the couple shared pride and emotions, thanking God and destiny.

Momma Denise was nothing but glad for him, as she admitted, “To be able to see Jerod penetrating that ceiling, I just believe that it kind of inspires anyone out there that is sometimes hemmed up because of biases that at the right time, God will open up that ceiling.” In addition to that, his father, Wilson, who always tried to instill “work ethics” in him and his other children, was also glad to see his son getting what he deserved.

Now, with each new season, Jerod Mayo will try to achieve his another dream of winning the Super Bowl as HC of the Pats.