The Cleveland Browns are rounding out their coaching staff. Head coach Todd Monken has hired Byron Storer as his special teams coordinator, according to multiple reports. Also reported, Browns RB coach Duce Staley will be retained from Kevin Stefanski’s staff.
Storer came from the Green Bay Packers where he was the special teams coach for four years under respected coordinator Rich Bisaccia. He played three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2007-2009 as a fullback and a special teams demon after going undrafted in the 2007 NFL draft out of Cal.
In 2010, Storer latched on with the Bucs as their Assistant special teams coach for two seasons. He then moved on to the San Diego Chargers in the same capacity before being promoted to their Assistant LB coach in 2013. Storer left the coaching world from 2014-17 to assist with his family’s transportation business.
From 2018, he returned to the NFL to become the Special teams assistant with the Oakland, then Las Vegas Raiders for four years between 2018 and 2021 under Jon Gruden and then Rich Bisaccia.
After Bisaccia was fired, in 2022, Storer landed the Packers gig.
Staley played 10 years in the NFL as a running back, mainly with the Philadelphia Eagles, before a three-year stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He gained 5,785 yards with 24 touchdowns and a 4.0 average yards per carry. He was known for his soft hands as he caught 287 passes for 2,587 yards with another 10 scores.
He was instrumental in the development of both rookie running backs last year for the Browns in Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson. Cleveland also had veteran Jerome Ford and Rocket Sanders on the roster. Ahmani Marshall was a practice squad member.