{"id":702181,"date":"2026-01-24T19:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702181\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T19:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:27:16","slug":"browns-head-coach-search-college-coach-interview-could-be-next-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702181\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns head coach search: College coach interview could be next step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Browns head coach search: College coach interview could be next step or already occurred<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-coaching-staff\/116066\/browns-head-coach-interviews-tests-essays-personality-profiles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">While fans and media seem to be lamenting Cleveland\u2019s process<\/a>, the Browns do not seem to be acting with any urgency. Could they have already interviewed at least one other candidate who would fulfill the Rooney Rule? A college coach, who wouldn\u2019t want his name known due to recruiting and NIL-related issues, could complete an interview with the team having no requirement to announce that it happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jonathan Jones noted that a college coach is an option, along with noting that Scheelhaase is a strong candidate for the job:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We have seen college coaches interview in secret before; perhaps Cleveland\u2019s lack of urgency to add another candidate after McDaniel\u2019s exit indicates they have done that as well or plan to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Browns head coach search: College coach interview could be next step or already occurred While fans and media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,89287,52261,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-702181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-coaching-staff","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-rumors","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115951727221645189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}