The Browns have named defensive coordinator Gregg Williams as their new interim head coach, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com (on Twitter). Meanwhile, Freddie Kitchens has been promoted from assistant to interim offensive coordinator, as Aditi Kinkhabwala of NFL.com tweets. 
Williams, 60, has been an NFL coach since joining the Houston Oilers’ staff in 1990. Since then, he has held several defensive coordinator positions, and also served as the Bills’ head coach from 2001-2003. Williams’ Bills teams went 3-13, 8-8, and 6-10 in each of those seasons, resulting in a 17-31 record overall. That .354 mark is far from ideal, but it beats Hue Jackson‘s lifetime 11-44-1 mark (.205).
Kitchens began his coaching career in the college ranks before signing on as the Cowboys’ tight ends coach in 2006. After a ten-year run with the Cardinals, he became the Browns’ running backs coach/associate head coach earlier this year.
On Monday morning, the Browns dropped a pair of bombs on the football world. First, Hue Jackson was told to pack his bags. Moments later, we learned that offensive coordinator Todd Haley was also handed a pink slip. Ultimately, the infighting between the two men left Browns brass with a sour taste and cost both of them their jobs.
“We greatly appreciate Hue’s commitment to the Cleveland Browns organization over the last two and a half years,” the Haslams said in a joint statement. “We understand how critical this time period is in the development of our football team, individually and collectively, and believed it was in the organization’s best interest to make the move at this time, in order to maximize our opportunities the rest of this season. We certainly only wish Hue, Michelle, and his family the best moving forward.”
While the Browns have struggled this year, the defense has been largely solid under Williams’ guidance. The Browns lead the league with 22 takeaways this season and Williams will now be charged with injecting some life into the offense as well.
Can’t see it remaining this way. Dorsey will want to bring in his own choices.
I’m already fully aboard the Lincoln Riley bandwagon
Same here.
Just read an article where he stated no desire to move to the NFL. Said he loves it in Oklahoma.
“I’m not going to Alabama”. Literally, a week before Saban left the Dolphins. Words don’t mean a lot in football. They can’t really say their true feelings while employed.
Big difference there.
I like Williams being the interim coach but I really want him to stay as the defensive coordinator next year and I feel like this probably rules that out
I’d love to see a Baker Mayfield/Lincoln Riley reunion. Riley is cut out of the Sean McVay mold. Young, offensive mastermind who learned his methods from a well-knowncoach (Gruden and Shanahan for McVay, Stoops for Riley). It might be another coaching bust for the Browns, but when you’ve sucked as bad as they have for the last 15 years, it’s worth a shot
Riley learned from Mike Leach. He’s a college guy. I doubt he makes that jump.
I know this isn’t the point you were making, but Mike Leach coaching an NFL team would be pure gold
Fair, he did work under Leach for a while, but I was more referring to the fact that Riley was OC under Stoops in 2015-2016. Either way, I’m pulling for the reunion
I really would enjoy seeing Bill Cowher come out of coaching retirement to coach the Browns.
If the game has passed Gruden by, it’s certainly passed Cowher. Browns for once are an exciting prospect for good coaches, they should have their choice of quality guys.
You can’t feel sorry for an organization that makes decisions like this…………..especially, when every decision seems dumber than the one before it.
I’d like to see the Hit List.. wanna know if the dollar values correlate to Daily Fantasy.
Lincoln Riley is just saying the right thing for right now. which is smart. Wait until the season ends and I bet he’ll want that opportunity.