Mike Vrabel’s Super Bowl rings were stolen on Nov. 8, 2014, when he was working as the linebackers coach for the Houston Texans.
The break-in happened at Vrabel’s home in Bellaire, a suburb of Houston, around 11 a.m. on a Saturday. Vrabel and his family were away at their son’s basketball game when burglars kicked in the back door of the house.
The thieves stole Vrabel’s three Super Bowl rings from his time with the New England Patriots. He won the rings in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX.
After the burglary, Vrabel posted a message on X warning local pawn shops.
“To all the Houston area pawn shops: 3 Super Bowl rings are headed your way,” he wrote. “Courtesy of the [mother f***ker] who smashed our back door in.”
Vrabel’s wife, Jennifer “Jen” Vrabel, also shared her anger on X.
“Thanks to the thugs, who busted out our back glass door while we were at our son’s basketball game this AM and took Mike Vrabel’s SB RINGS,” she wrote.
She also used the hashtag “class.”
During an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show in 2018, Vrabel said he did not want replacement rings from the Patriots. He explained that replacement rings would not feel the same as the originals he earned on the field during those championship seasons.
During his 14-year NFL career, Vrabel played for three teams.
His final season was in 2010 with the Kansas City Chiefs. He announced his retirement in July 2011 and later moved into coaching.
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It happened back during Mike Vrabel’s playing days with the New England Patriots.
Vrabel has openly admitted that he missed the birth of his second son, Carter, during the 2001 NFL season. Vrabel was at a Patriots practice in Massachusetts while his wife, Jen, was giving birth back home in Ohio.
During his introductory press conference on on January 22, 2018, when he was hired as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans, Vrabel reflected on it, saying:
“I’m not proud to say this… She gave birth to Carter, I missed it. I was at practice, she was in Ohio.”
Mike Vrabel and his wife, Jen, have been married since 1999.
The couple originally met as student-athletes during their college days at Ohio State University, where Mike played football and Jen played volleyball.
They share two sons, Tyler and Carter.
Vrabel joined the New England Patriots as their head coach on Jan. 13, 2025.
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