Todd Monken hired as Cleveland Browns head coach
All right, here we go. Um, thank you, Art. Uh, I think, um, I thought at least be able to get started, um. You know, oftentimes coaches and players. You know, you put on new team colors and it takes, it takes *** minute to feel comfortable. In those new colors Uh, but to be blessed beyond any measure one day to put on the colors you wore since you brought home. I apologize. Right, I told you not to see my family down here in front. This is, this is so unfair. When you come home from Mercy Hospital, I, I do want to thank, I want to thank Art. Art Rooney, Omar Khan, uh, Dan Rooney, and, um, the entire Steelers organization. For the trust they placed in, in me to represent one of the most storied franchise in all of sports. I understand and embrace the responsibility, the privilege, and the weight that comes with the stewardship. Uh, the city, this franchise, this fan base. Uh, means the world to me. Because Pittsburgh is my world and uh it’s, it’s just awesome to be back here. Um, I do want to thank two men. I’m very fortunate to call friends, uh, Mike Tomlin and Bill Cower. Uh, they’ve represented this organization with such class and, and I’m honored, honored to follow in their footsteps. They left the proverbial, Cupboard full for sure. Uh, my family, my loves, my wife Jessica, uh, kids, Alex and Danny, Jack, George, Gabby, and Izzy, my parents, Joe and Ellen McCarthy, my sisters, Kelly Owen and, uh, Colleen, and the crew that’s here, we can finally openly wear our Steelers swag. So let’s get it. Um, my heart is full. My focus is singular and um It’s time to bring another championship back to this great city, and um, With that, I just want to make sure that when we do get that, that trophy, that, you know, the 7th trophy in the case, we’ll, we’ll start that victory parade at 1137 Greenfield Avenue. So.
The Cleveland Browns have found their next head coach. The team hired Todd Monken on Wednesday after a search that took a little over two weeks.Video above: Steelers introduce Mike McCarthy as new head coachMonken isn’t leaving the AFC North. He was the Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator the past three seasons and previously worked as the Browns OC.Many expected Monken to follow John Harbaugh from Baltimore to New York when Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the Giants. Instead, the 59-year-old Monken will be a head coach in the NFL for the first time in his career.“He is an outstanding leader and has a clear vision to lead our team as a strong communicator who values trust with his players but also accountability and preparation. In our committee’s exhaustive reference work on Todd, his commitment to player development was evident, and his tough and straightforward coaching is respected by the players and the coaches he’s worked with, putting our team in a position to succeed while developing our players to maximize their talents,” Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement.Browns Interviews The Browns interviewed five candidates for head coach: Monken, current Cleveland defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, Jaguars OC Grant Udinski, Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (who also interviewed for the Steelers job) and Commanders assistant Anthony Lynn.Kevin Stefanski was fired as Cleveland’s head coach after the Browns went 5-12 with a second consecutive last-place finish in the AFC North.All three AFC North head coaching vacancies have now been filled: the Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy, Cleveland hiring Monken and the Baltimore Ravens hiring Jesse Minter.
The Cleveland Browns have found their next head coach. The team hired Todd Monken on Wednesday after a search that took a little over two weeks.
Video above: Steelers introduce Mike McCarthy as new head coach
Monken isn’t leaving the AFC North. He was the Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator the past three seasons and previously worked as the Browns OC.
Many expected Monken to follow John Harbaugh from Baltimore to New York when Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the Giants. Instead, the 59-year-old Monken will be a head coach in the NFL for the first time in his career.
“He is an outstanding leader and has a clear vision to lead our team as a strong communicator who values trust with his players but also accountability and preparation. In our committee’s exhaustive reference work on Todd, his commitment to player development was evident, and his tough and straightforward coaching is respected by the players and the coaches he’s worked with, putting our team in a position to succeed while developing our players to maximize their talents,” Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement.
Nick Wass
Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken talks to the media after practice at the team’s NFL football training camp, Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Browns Interviews
The Browns interviewed five candidates for head coach: Monken, current Cleveland defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, Jaguars OC Grant Udinski, Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (who also interviewed for the Steelers job) and Commanders assistant Anthony Lynn.
Kevin Stefanski was fired as Cleveland’s head coach after the Browns went 5-12 with a second consecutive last-place finish in the AFC North.
All three AFC North head coaching vacancies have now been filled: the Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy, Cleveland hiring Monken and the Baltimore Ravens hiring Jesse Minter.