Browns fire head coach Kevin Stefanski after six seasons

Two-time NFL Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski became the latest manager fired this play aft six seasons with the Cleveland Browns, the squad announced Monday. 

The Haslam household announced the coaching alteration aft Stefanski led the Browns to a 5-12 finish, including Sunday’s 20-18 triumph implicit the Cincinnati Bengals. 

Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns is carried by teammates aft the sack during the 4th fourth of the crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Paycor Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

"We person tremendous gratitude for Kevin's enactment of the Cleveland Browns implicit the past six seasons," Managing and Principal Partners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said successful a statement. "He is simply a bully shot manager and an adjacent amended person. We admit each his hard enactment and dedication to our enactment but our results implicit the past 2 seasons person not been satisfactory, and we judge a alteration astatine the caput coaching presumption is necessary."

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The squad besides confirmed that Browns wide manager Andrew Berry volition stay with the enactment and proceed to pb shot operations.

"The entirety of our absorption is connected gathering a squad that brings our fans the occurrence they agelong deserve, and we volition proceed to enactment relentlessly towards that extremity and put immoderate resources indispensable to physique a winning shot program. Andrew volition instantly statesman our thorough process to find an outstanding caller caput manager and person of our shot team. We person an breathtaking young halfway to physique upon, and Andrew and his squad are intent connected adding endowment to this halfway and gathering retired a roster that tin execute sustainable success."

Stefanski, 43, was archetypal hired by the enactment successful 2020, wherever helium ended the team’s lengthy playoff drought dating backmost to 2002. He capped that play with the Browns’ archetypal playoff triumph successful astir 3 decades. 

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In his six seasons with the Browns, Stefanski boasted 2 11-win seasons and 2 playoff appearances. He had an wide grounds of 46-58.

 "After six seasons arsenic the caput manager of the Cleveland Browns, I permission with an immense consciousness of gratitude," Stefanski said successful a connection provided by the team. "A sincere 'Thank You' to everyone who I person been truthful blessed to enactment for and with implicit these six seasons. I'd similar to particularly convey my coaching unit and the players who did everything that was ever asked of them. They fought done wounded and adversity, portion ever putting the TEAM FIRST. I privation each of you thing but success."

Head manager Kevin Stefanski of the Cleveland Browns looks connected during lukewarm ups anterior to the crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals during the crippled astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Sept. 7, 2025 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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Stefanski is the 4th NFL manager fired this season, joining Tennessee's Brian Callahan, the New York Giants' Brian Daboll and Atlanta's Raheem Morris, who was fired hours aft the team’s 19-17 triumph implicit the New Orleans Saints connected Sunday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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