Dan Campbell completes interview with Browns

Posted by Charean Williams on January 4, 2019, 7:32 PM EST
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The Browns announced they have completed an interview with Saints assistant coach Dan Campbell.

Campbell, the team’s assistant head coach/tight ends coach, was the fourth coach to interview for the vacancy. Browns interim coach Gregg Williams interviewed Tuesday, former NFL coach Jim Caldwell interviewed Wednesday and Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski interviewed Thursday.

Campbell joined Sean Payton’s staff in 2016 after 12 games as the Dolphins’ interim head coach in 2015.

He played tight end in the NFL for 11 seasons with the Giants, Cowboys, Lions and Saints.

Campbell began his coaching career with the Dolphins as an intern in 2010. The team promoted him to tight ends coach in 2011, and he stayed in that role until the Dolphins fired Joe Philbin four games into the 2015 season.

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14 responses to “Dan Campbell completes interview with Browns”

  3. Underrated hire I think, fins should have given him a look. I do not for see him in Cleveland. I dont think Browns should shy away from Williams unless they get an offensive guy. Arians would be a solid hire, Kitchens as OC. Bowles as DC. I doubt Williams is back in Cleveland after a 5-3 record then the boot, hes going for HC or nothing there and should.

  8. I hope he becomes a HC – we had him & Ross turned his nose up at him!
    Of course Tannebaum may have had some input into that but the bottom line is WE BLEW IT!
    I say we “blew it” because I think Campbell would have gotten 10 wins that next season like Gase – maybe even more?
    And I wouldn’t blame him if he told Ross to “Buzz” Off if Ross really did ask for an interview!

  9. I think the browns see him as a young Bill Cowher, demanding, intense and young at 42 to last quite a few years.

  11. edelmanfanclub says:
    January 4, 2019 at 8:05 pm
    Underrated hire I think, fins should have given him a look. I do not for see him in Cleveland. I dont think Browns should shy away from Williams unless they get an offensive guy. Arians would be a solid hire, Kitchens as OC. Bowles as DC. I doubt Williams is back in Cleveland after a 5-3 record then the boot, hes going for HC or nothing there and should.
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    Word on the street is Todd Bowles is going to end up back in Arizona as the Cardinals DC w/ Arizona looking to switch back to the hybrid 3-4 they ran for years & their defense is built to run. The Cardinals had a top 5/DVOA from 2015 thru the 2017 seasons before going to Wilks 4-3 (4-2-5 which AZ wasnt built to run) & had been a top 10 defense for years before making that switch. Todd Bowles is the guy who originally built Arizona’s hybrid 3-4 defense. Like in LA w/ the Rams where Wade Phillips is basically the Head-Coach of the defense & as a former HC was a good sounding board for McVay in Arizona if Bowles comes back he to basically will be the head coach of the defense w/ Arizona hiring an offensive minded HC who will just need to focus on the offense.

  12. I dont know how Browns fans feel but Dan Campbell doesn’t really move the old excitement meter for me. Arizona has or is going to interview him to but they wont hire him. I believe Arizona will end up signing a young offensive minded coach as HC pairing him up w/ Todd Bowles as DC.

  13. I hope Freddie Kitchens has a great interview next week.Trust and respect. Baker and Freddie have talked about it and both of them saw through Hue Jackson as fake right away. If they have someone else come in the building the person better be real and way more qualified than the likes of Campbell.

  14. I like what the Browns did this year, and I’m really happy for all the Browns homers, I mean Dawg Pound. After years of bad QB drafts and you got the best of them, not to mention Ward and Chubb, you want to support for Gregg Williams? He was suspended from football indefinitely already. Move on and let him co-teach the Character class with Meyer(insert any joke here). You are about to turn the corner, don’t hamper the way by just getting the wrong coach. Get the right coach to, or stay the mistake by the lake.

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