Former Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel is retiring from coaching after 50 years. Crennel started coaching in 1971 at Western Kentucky University. He took his first job at the NFL level with the New York Giants where he stayed for 10 seasons.
Crennel joined the Browns in 200 as the team’s defensive coordinator and returned as the head coach in 2005. He was the last head coach to last four seasons in Cleveland being fired after the 2008 season.
Under Crennel, the Browns went 24-40 with one winning season, 2007 with a 10-6 record. He was a head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs for parts of two seasons and the Houston Texans for part of another. Combined in those three seasons, Crennel’s teams went 8-23.
