FOXBORO — The Patriots will have a new head coach in 2025, but at least two of their top personnel executives will remain with the franchise.

Team owner Robert Kraft announced Monday that executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith both are “staying on” as New England enters the post-Jerod Mayo era.

“We are looking for people working together, and they will be staying on,” said Kraft, who fired Mayo on Sunday after one season as head coach.

Kraft also said Wolf and Highsmith both will be involved in head-coaching interviews along with himself and team president Jonathan Kraft.

Wolf has been with the Patriots since 2020 and just completed his first season as the team’s top personnel man — New England’s de facto general manager. The 42-year-old was a consultant in 2020 and ’21 and the Patriots’ director of scouting in 2022 and ’23.

Previously, Wolf spent two seasons as assistant GM in Cleveland and more than a decade in the Green Bay Packers’ front office. His father, Ron, was the Packers’ GM from 1991 to 2000.

Highsmith, a former NFL fullback, overlapped with Wolf in Green Bay and Cleveland. This was his first season with the Patriots.

Kraft did not specify whether other members of the Patriots’ personnel staff — including director of player personnel Matt Groh, who’s been with the franchise since 2011 — would return in 2025. He did stress that the Patriots have drafted poorly “for a while” and must improve in that area.

New England’s rookie class struggled mightily this season outside of standout first-round quarterback Drake Maye. Sixth-round QB Joe Milton III also impressed in Sunday’s season finale against Buffalo after sitting the first 16 games, prompting Kraft to say the Patriots “lucked out” and “maybe have two quarterbacks.

As for the coaching staff, Kraft said he would not make any decisions on the job statuses of New England’s assistant coaches until the new head man is hired.

“We’ll wait until we bring that coach in, and obviously, he’s going to have big input on who the players are and who the coaches are. It’ll be his decision,” Kraft said. “… Look, we move fast, and we’re going to let him make those decisions.”