The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are a member of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), and joined the NFL as part of the AAFC–NFL merger in 1950.[1] The team played their home games at Cleveland Stadium from 1946 to 1995 before moving to Cleveland Browns Stadium, where they have played since 1999.[2] The Browns did not play from 1996 to 1998 when the team's owner, Art Modell, moved the team to Baltimore, Maryland and formed the Baltimore Ravens. The team was re-activated under new ownership in Cleveland in 1999.[3] The team is currently owned by Randy Lerner. Mike Holmgren is their president and Tom Heckert is their general manager.[4]
Marty Schottenheimer coached the Browns from 1984 to 1988.
Bill Belichick coached the Browns from 1991 to 1995.
There have been 14 head coaches for the Browns franchise. Their first head coach was Paul Brown, who coached for 17 complete seasons.[5] Brown is also the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (214), the most regular season game wins (158), the most playoffs games coached (14), and the most playoff game wins (9). Brown is the only Browns head coach to win an AAFC championship with four, the NFL championship with three, the Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year three times, the United Press International (UPI) NFL Coach of the Year once[6], and to have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach.[7] Blanton Collier, Dick Modzelewski, Sam Rutigliano, Bud Carson, Jim Shofner, Chris Palmer, Butch Davis, and Romeo Crennel have spent their entire NFL head coaching careers with the Browns. Eric Mangini had been the head coach of the Browns since the firing of Crennel,[8] but was himself fired on January 3, 2011.
Key[]
The Browns have played their home games in Cleveland Browns Stadium since 1999.
| # | Number of coaches[N 1] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| * | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Browns |
| † | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
Coaches[]
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2010 NFL season.
| # | Name | Term[N 2] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| 1 | Paul Brown† | 1946–1962 | 214 | 158 | 48 | 8 | .767 | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | Four AAFC championships (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949)[9] Three NFL championships (1950, 1954, 1955)[10] Seven NFL Conference championships(1950-55,1957) 1949, 1951, and 1953 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year[11] |
[5][7] |
| 2 | Blanton Collier* | 1963–1970 | 112 | 76 | 34 | 2 | .691 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | NFL Champion in 1964 Four Eastern conference champions (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969) Three Century Division Champions (1967,1968, 1969) |
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| 3 | Nick Skorich | 1971–1975 | 56 | 30 | 24 | 2 | .556 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | AFC Central Division Champions 1971 | [13] |
| 4 | Forrest Gregg | 1975–1977 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 0 | .439 | — | — | — | — | 1976 Associated Press (AP) NFL Coach of the Year[14] | [15] |
| 5 | Dick Modzelewski* | 1977 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | [16] | |
| 6 | Sam Rutigliano* | 1978–1984 | 97 | 47 | 50 | 0 | .485 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1979 and 1980 UPI NFL Coach of the Year[6], AFC Central Division Champions 1980 |
[17] |
| 7 | Marty Schottenheimer | 1984–1988 | 71 | 44 | 27 | 0 | .620 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1986 UPI NFL Coach of the Year[6] Three AFC Central Division Champions (1985, 1986 and 1987) |
[18] |
| 8 | Bud Carson* | 1989–1990 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | .458 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | AFC Central Division Champions 1989 | [19] |
| 9 | Jim Shofner* | 1990 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | [20] | |
| 10 | Bill Belichick | 1991–1995 | 80 | 36 | 44 | 0 | .450 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | [21] | |
| — [N 3] | 1996–1998 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Chris Palmer* | 1999–2000 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | .156 | — | — | — | — | [22] | |
| 12 | Butch Davis* | 2001–2004 | 58 | 24 | 34 | 0 | .414 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | [23] | |
| 13 | Terry Robiskie | 2004 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | — | — | — | — | [24] | |
| 14 | Romeo Crennel* | 2005–2008 | 64 | 24 | 40 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — | — | [25] | |
| 15 | Eric Mangini | 2009–2010 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 0 | .313 | — | — | — | — | [26] | |
| 16 | Pat Shurmur | 2011– | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | ||
Footnotes[]
- ↑ A running total of the number of coaches of the Browns. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- ↑ Each year is linked to an article about that NFL season.
- ↑ The Browns did not play from 1996 to 1998 due to events in the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy.[3]
Notes[]
- General
- "History: All-Time Head Coaches". Cleveland Browns. NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/all-time-coaches.html. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- "Cleveland Browns Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- Specific
- ↑ "Year By Year Season Results". Cleveland Browns. NFL Enterprises LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-07-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080712113040/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/results.php. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "Cleveland Browns Stadium". Cleveland Browns. NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/tickets/stadium/. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Henkel 2005, p. 111
- ↑ "Front Office". Cleveland Browns. NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/frontoffice.php. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Paul Brown". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BrowPa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Hickok, Ralph (2008-04-17). "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hick OK Sports. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Paul Brown". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=34. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "Cleveland Browns Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "Cleveland Browns". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=8. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "History: NFL Champions". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/champions.jsp. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "NFL Coach of the Year". Sporting News. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/coachofyear.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "Blanton Collier". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CollBl0.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ↑ "Nick Skorich". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SkorNi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ↑ "AP NFL Coach of the Year Winners". The Washington Post. 2005-01-08. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58979-2005Jan8_3.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ↑ "Forrest Gregg". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GregFo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Dick Modzelewski". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ModzDi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Sam Rutigliano". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/RutiSa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Marty Schottenheimer". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SchoMa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Bud Carson". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CarsBu0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Jim Shofner". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShofJi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Bill Belichick". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BeliBi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Chris Palmer". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PalmCh0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Butch Davis". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DaviBu0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Terry Robiskie". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/RobiTe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Romeo Crennel". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CrenRo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ "Eric Mangini". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MangEr0.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
References[]
- Henkel, Frank M. (2005). Cleveland Browns History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738534282.
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