Former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, who has spent all 14 of his profe sional coaching seasons in Minnesota, has taken over as the ' 18th head coach. With their head coach in place, Stefanski and his team have now turned their attention to building a championship coaching staff.Here's the latest on every position on Stefanski's staff has that has already been filled and what you need to know about Cleveland's a sistant coaches.Offensive coordinator - Alex Van PeltThe Browns have hired quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt to serve as their offensive
NBA Golden State Warriors Jeresy coordinator. Van Pelt, 49, has been a quarterbacks coach with the Bengals for the past three seasons. He had previously served in the same role with the and in addition to one season as offensive coordinator of the in 2009.The former University of Pittsburgh quarterback was drafted in the eighth round of the 1993 by the but never played a down for them. He played two seasons with the before finishing his final ten seasons in Buffalo. Former offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski was hired as head coach early in January. He was initially unsure whether or not he would hire an offensive coordinator. Defensive coordinator - Joe WoodsThe Browns intend to hire San Francisco defensive backs coach/pa sing game coordinator Joe Woods Jr. as the team's next defensive coordinator, .Woods spent eight seasons with Minnesota as a defensive backs coach from 2006-2013. The Pennsylvania native previously served as a defensive coordinator for the on Vance Joseph's staff. Woods and Stefanski have a relationship dating back to their time with the Vikings.Special teams coordinator - Mike PrieferSpecial teams coordinator Mike Priefer on Kevin Stefanski's new staff. In the initial coaching staff tracker, CBS Sports mentioned that it was likely Priefer would stay given his prior connections to the new head coach. A native of Cleveland, Priefer
Draymond Green Jersey first served as a graduate a sistant at Navy in 1994. His career took him to three other collegiate institutions, including Youngstown State, before he received his first opportunity in the . The hired him as the a sistant special teams coach in 2002. He served in the same capacity with the from 2003-2005. In 2006, he was named the special teams coordinator of the . He has fulfilled that same role with the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings and Chiefs ever since.Priefer has a game's worth of head coaching experience, as well, as he was named the acting head coach for the Week 13 game against the in 2016 when Mike Zimmer had to undergo emergency eye surgery. The team would lose that game by a score of 17-15 on Thursday Night Football at U.S. Bank Stadium in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.A sistant special teams coach - Doug ColmanColman served in the same role with the Browns a year ago. In their lone season with the Browns, they coached rookie punter to NFL honors and enabled rookie kicker to decrease the number of touchbacks while gaining yardage in the field position battle. Wide receivers/pa sing game coordinator - Chad O'SheaO'Shea spent three seasons on Minnesota's coaching staff from 2006-2008. During that time, he served as an offensive
Wilt Chamberlain Jersey a sistant, wide receivers and special teams coach. O'Shea followed that with 10 seasons in New England as the wide receivers coach. When Brian Flores accepted the head coaching job, he hired O'Shea to be his offensive coordinator. The union lasted just one season.Running backs/run game coordinator - Stump MitchellRunning backs coach/run game coordinator Stump Mitchell has been retained on Stefanski's coaching staff. With Mitchell's help, second year running back had the second most rushing yards (1,494) acro s the NFL during the regular season. His coaching career began in 1999 as a running backs coach with the . He was there for nine seasons before joining the Redskins staff as a sociate head coach/running backs coach.Offensive line - Bill Callahan that offensive line coach James Campen would not be retained by the Browns. Not long thereafter, the Browns hired former interim head coach Bill Callahan. Campen is a phenomenal coach but his background did not match the scheme that the new coaching staff plans to deploy. Since 2011, he has helped seven players reach the Pro Bowl: , Chad Clifton, Scott Wells, , Jeff Saturday, and T.J. Lang. Callahan has extensive experience coaching the offensive line unit. The 63-year-old has served as head coach of the as well as an offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the Dallas Cowboys in addition to stints with three other teams during his 21 year NFL coaching career.Tight ends - Drew PetzingStefanski served as Vikings quarterbacks coach in 2018. Petzing worked alongside him before being elevated to the role of wide receiver coach in 2019. Minnesota made the decision not to retain the coach but has found a comfortable landing spot on Stefanski's Browns staff. The New York native spent seven seasons with the NFC North franchise. He served as a football operations intern with the Browns in 2013.Defensive
Baron Davis Jersey backs/pa s game coordinator - Jeff HowardHoward has been hired as the pa s game coordinator/defensive backs coach. He had been a part of the Vikings organization for seven seasons serving in a variety of roles, including a sistant defensive backs coach. Stefanski, Woods and Howard were all together for one season in 2013. Defensive line coach - Chris KiffinKiffin, the younger brother of Ole Mi s head coach Lane Kiffin, is being hired to coach the defensive line. For the past two seasons, the 38-year old was a pa s rush specialist with the 49ers. He had previously been the defensive coordinator at Florida Atlantic and the defensive line coach at Ole Mi s.His father, Monte Kiffin, is a coaching legend in his own right. The elder Kiffin has 16 years of NFL defensive coordinator experience so he will be a tremendous resource for his son.Linebackers - Jason TarverIt was initially reported that Fred Pagac would be Cleveland's next linebackers coach but that did not come to fruition. Instead, they are hiring Tarver, who most recently served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Vanderbilt, . He had previously served as a defensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders and Stanford. Offensive a sistant - T.C. McCartneyThe Browns have hired former Broncos quarterbacks coach T.C. McCartney as an offensive a sistant, . He played quarterback at LSU. His father Sal Aunese was a quarterback at Colorado. His grandfather, Bill McCartney, is a Colorado coaching legend.McCartney is actually in his second stint with Cleveland. He was on Kyle
Nico Mannion Jersey Shanahan's staff back in 2012 and re-joined Shanahan's staff for two seasons in San Francisco before being hired in Denver. After one season, he was let go.Executive vice president of football operations and general manager - Andrew BerryThe Browns of vice president of football operations An
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