The Cleveland Browns Head Coaches History

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The Browns have had some great coaches coach them. The most reconizable coach is Paul Brown. Paul led the Browns to 4 AAFC championships and 52-4-3 record in the AAFC and a winning percentage of 0.929. When the Browns went into the NFL he led them to a 115-49-5 record and a winning percentage of 0.701. There has been only three interim head coaches in their history. The interim head coaches are Dick Modzelewski, Jim Shofner, and Terry Robiskie. The longest a Head Coach has coach the Browns is Paul Brown for 16 years.

Head Coaches
NameLeagueYearsRegular Season RecordsPlayoff RecordsCombined Records
Romeo CrennelNFL2005-???6-10-0
(0.375)
0-0-0
(1.000)
6-10-0
(0.375)
Terry RobiskieNFL2004*1-4-0
(0.200)
0-0-0
(1.000)
1-4-0
(0.200)
Butch DavisNFL2001-0424-35-0
(0.407)
0-1-0
(0.000)
24-36-0
(0.400)
Chris PalmerNFL1999-20005-27-0
(0.156)
0-0-0
(1.000)
5-27-0
(0.156)
Bill BelichickNFL1991-9536-44-0
(0.450)
1-1-0
(0.500)
37-45-0
(0.451)
Jim ShofnerNFL1990*1-6-0
(0.143)
0-0-0
(1.000)
1-6-0
(0.143)
Bud CarsonNFL1989-9011-13-1
(0.458)
1-1-0
(0.500)
12-14-1
(0.462)
Marty SchottenheimerNFL1984-8844-27-0
(0.620)
2-4-0
(0.333)
46-31-0
(0.597)
Sam RutiglianoNFL1978-8447-50-0
(0.485)
0-2-0
(0.000)
47-52-0
(0.475)
Dick ModzelewskiNFL1977*0-1-0
(0.000)
0-0-0
(1.000)
0-1-0
(0.000)
Forrest GreggNFL1975-7718-23-0
(0.439)
0-0-0
(1.000)
18-23-0
(0.439)
Nick SkorichNFL1971-7430-24-2
(0.556)
0-2-0
(0.000)
30-26-2
(0.536)
Blanton CollierNFL1963-7076-34-2
(0.691)
3-4-0
(0.429)
79-38-2
(0.675)
Paul BrownNFL1950-62111-44-5
(0.716)
4-5-0
(0.444)
115-49-5
(0.701)
Paul BrownAAFC1946-4947-4-3
(0.922)
5-0-0
(1.000)
52-4-3
(0.929)

* Interim Head Coaches