Former Alabama linebacker Dont'a Hightower wasn't even out of the NFL for a year before finding himself back on the Patriots sideline. The top-flight linebacker, who retired after the 2022 season, was ...

New England Patriots outside linebackers coach Drew Wilkins had high praise for inside linebackers coach Dont’a Hightower. He already views Hightower as a rising "superstar" coach with a shot at ...

FOXBORO, Mass. — As far back as 2012, Dont’a Hightower thought about the idea of coaching alongside Jerod Mayo. Back then, they were linebackers with the New England Patriots, and the rookie Hightower ...