Browns part ways with head coach Kevin Stefanski after 5-12 season | NFL
The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Kevin Stefanski after six seasons.
Stefanski is the fourth NFL coach fired this season, joining Tennessee’s Brian Callahan, the New York Giants’ Brian Daboll and Atlanta’s Raheem Morris.
The Browns won their final two games to finish 5-12, including a 20-18 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Stefanski, 43, is a two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year. He led Cleveland to the playoffs in 2020 and 2023. The Browns’ 48-37 victory over Pittsburgh in an AFC wild-card round game was the franchise’s first since 1993.
Ironically, Stefanski was not on the Browns sideline for this game after testing positive for Covid-19. He watched the game from the basement of his house.
Stefanski is the sixth coach fired since owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam purchased the franchise in 2012. The five coaches hired by the Haslams are 73-139-1 in the regular season since 2013, the second-worst mark in the NFL.
