{"id":704982,"date":"2026-01-25T23:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704982\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:09:14","slug":"anthony-lynn-interviews-for-browns-head-coach-opening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704982\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Lynn interviews for Browns head coach opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND \u2014 Washington running backs coach Anthony Lynn interviewed with the Cleveland Browns on Saturday night, becoming the 10th candidate for their head coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n

The Browns announced the interview on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

What You Need To Know<\/p>\n

It was the second interview of the day for Lynn
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He was on Rex Ryan\u2019s Bills\u2019 staff in 2015 and \u201816
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Lynn, 57, also was the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers from 2017 through 2020<\/p>\n

It was the second interview of the day for Lynn, who also talked with the Buffalo Bills about their opening. He was on Rex Ryan\u2019s Bills\u2019 staff in 2015 and \u201816, eventually becoming offensive coordinator and serving as the interim head coach during the last game of the 2016 season.<\/p>\n

Lynn, 57, also was the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers from 2017 through 2020. He had a 34-32 overall mark and led the Bolts to the playoffs in 2018, where they lost to New England in the divisional round.<\/p>\n

Lynn is also the fifth candidate with current or previous ties to the Browns.<\/p>\n

He was the running backs coach on Romeo Crennel\u2019s staff in 2007 and \u201808. He just completed his second year in Washington and has also done stints with Denver, Jacksonville, Dallas, the New York Jets, Detroit and San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Cleveland fired Kevin Stefanski<\/a> on Jan. 5 following six seasons and a 46-58 record. Stefanski \u2014 who was hired as Atlanta\u2019s coach last Saturday \u2014 was a two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year and led the Browns to the playoffs in 2020 and \u201923.<\/p>\n

The Browns were 5-12 this season and 8-26 over the past two years.<\/p>\n

Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, Baltimore offensive coordinator Todd Monken and Jacksonville offensive coordinator Grant Udinski have had second interviews.<\/p>\n

Lynn\u2019s interview occurred in Florida. The Browns are expected to meet with Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase on Monday, the day after Los Angeles faces Seattle in the NFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 Washington running backs coach Anthony Lynn interviewed with the Cleveland Browns on Saturday night, becoming the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[1615,1613,2910,241,85,7,1014,262,2444,2443,88,6,996,31515,1614,9,1004],"class_list":{"0":"post-704982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-app-sports","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-associated-press","11":"tag-chargers","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangeleschargers","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-ohio","21":"tag-ohio-cleveland-browns","22":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115958262553748135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704982","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=704982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}