The Cleveland Browns have a new head coach, but there’s no guarantee that Todd Monken will immediately get better results in his first season. Yet, the Browns are taking steps to make sure Monken has experienced minds he can rely on throughout the season.
On Tuesday, ESPN’s NFL insider Jeremy Fowler reported that the Browns have hired 75-year-old Dom Capers to Monken’s staff. Capers will serve the team as a senior defensive assistant.
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Capers has been a head coach for a total of eight seasons, split between the Carolina Panthers and Houston Texans. However, he’s also spent 16 seasons as an NFL defensive coordinator with the Packers, Steelers, Jaguars, and Dolphins. His lost job as a defensive coordinator came in 2017 in Green Bay.
His most recent work came with the Panthers, where he’s spent the past three seasons as a senior defensive assistant in Carolina. That’s the same job he’s been serving since 2019, between the Jaguars, Vikings, Lions, Broncos, and Panthers. Now he’ll see if he can help Monken and defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg in 2026.
With a first-year head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator, the Browns will need help any way they can get it next season, and now that plan includes Capers too.
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