CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Veteran NFL coach and current Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz will interview Thursday for the Browns’ vacant head coaching position.
Schwartz has been Cleveland’s defensive coordinator since 2023 and was head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2009 to 2013.
The Lions fired Schwartz after five seasons. He later had stops as defensive coordinator in Buffalo in 2014 and Philadelphia from 2016 to 2020, and served as a senior defensive assistant at Tennessee from 2021 to 2022.
Browns general manager Andrew Berry held a press conference after Kevin Stefanski was fired and said Schwartz has, “earned the right for consideration.”
Under Schwartz, the Browns defense ranked fourth this season in yards allowed (283.6) and third overall in sacks. The unit was led by Myles Garrett, who recently broke the NFL single-season sack record by taking down Joe Burrow to reach 23 sacks in the Browns’ 20-18 win over the Bengals in the season finale.
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