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Revision as of 15:09, 4 January 2008
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Status | Active |
Position(s) | Head coach |
US college | Western Kentucky |
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Romeo Crennel (born June 18, 1947 in Lynchburg, Virginia) has been the head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League since February 8, 2005. Before becoming the head coach of the Browns, Crennel won three Super Bowls in four seasons as the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. Crennel has participated in six Super Bowls and won five championships during his coaching career.
Playing career
Crennel played baseball and football at Fort Knox (Ky.) High School and Central (Va.) High School before committing to college football at Western Kentucky. Although he was a four-year starter as a defensive lineman, he became an offensive lineman during his senior season at the request of the coaching staff. He was named the team MVP after the switch but was not drafted and never played in the NFL. During his career he wore size 67" 30" pants and he weighed 320 pounds.
Coaching career
College
After one season as a graduate assistant with Western Kentucky (1970), Crennel served as the defensive line coach for three seasons (1971-1974). He then became an assistant for defensive coordinator Bill Parcells and head coach Steve Sloan at Texas Tech for three seasons (1975-1977). Crennel finished his collegiate career with two seasons as the defensive ends coach for Mississippi (1978-1979) and one season as the defensive line coach for Georgia Tech (1980).
National Football League
Assistant coach
After spending two seasons as an assistant with the New York Giants, Crennel became the special teams coach for seven seasons (1983-1989) and the defensive line coach for three seasons (1990-1992). In 1983, he was reunited with Parcells as the head coach.
When Parcells stepped down as Giants head coach after Super Bowl XXV, Crennel stayed with the team under the two year tenure of Ray Handley. Crennel left the Giants after the 1992 season and worked as the defensive line coach for the New England Patriots for four seasons (1993-1996) and for the New York Jets for three seasons (1997-1999) during the time that Parcells was the head coach in each franchise.
Crennel was hired as the Cleveland Browns' defensive coordinator for the 2000 season before filling the same role with the Patriots for four seasons (2001-2004).
Head coach
Before beginning the 2003 playoffs with the Patriots, Crennel interviewed for head coaching positions with five teams in under 36 hours. He was not offered any jobs, however, and was passed up by the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, and Atlanta Falcons.[1]
Cleveland Browns
Crennel went 6-10 and 4-12 in his first two seasons with the Browns, finishing last in the AFC North and missing the playoffs each year. The Browns finished the 2007 season with a 10-6 record, which puts the team in a position to make the playoffs, although the team fell short. Regardless, Crennel was considered one of the favorites to win the 2007 NFL Coach of the Year Award.
Head-coaching record
Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
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Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
CLE | 2005 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 4th in AFC North | - | - | - | - |
CLE | 2006 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 4th in AFC North | - | - | - | - |
CLE | 2007 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2nd in AFC North | - | - | - | - |
Browns' Total | 20 | 28 | 0 | .417 | - | - | - | |||
Total | 20 | 28 | 0 | .417 | - | - | - |
Coaching tree
NFL head coaches whom Romeo Crennel has served under:
- Ray Perkins: New York Giants
- Bill Parcells: New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets
- Ray Handley: New York Giants
- Chris Palmer: Cleveland Browns
- Bill Belichick: New England Patriots
Assistant coaches under Romeo Crennel who became head coaches in the NFL:
- None
Miscellany
- Crennel earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Western Kentucky, and then a master’s degree while serving as a graduate assistant for the school in 1970.
References
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External links
- 1947 births
- American football head coaches
- American football defensive linemen
- American football offensive linemen
- Cleveland Browns coaches
- Living people
- New England Patriots coaches
- New York Giants coaches
- New York Jets coaches
- Ole Miss Rebels football coaches
- Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football coaches
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football players
- Western Kentucky University alumni
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches