BREAKING: Former AFC Champion Coach Leaves Browns to Join Titans
The Cleveland Browns abruptly fired three offensive coaches after the team’s blowout playoff loss in January. On the first day of February, a fourth walked away of his own accord.
Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com broke the news that Bill Callahan, among the NFL’s most revered offensive line coaches, handed in his resignation Thursday and intends to join the staff of the Tennessee Titans.
“Browns hostile line mentor Bill Callahan is passing on Cleveland to join his child Brian Callahan, the new lead trainer of the Titans,” Cabot composed. ” The Browns have granted Callahan permission to interview his son, who has always stated that he would love to work with his dad. Callahan has been the Browns’ highly regarded OL coach for the past four seasons. The specifics are being worked out right now, and it should be done soon.”
Charge Callahan Has Instructed at Top of Game for Most recent 25 Years
Callahan has gone through many years training in the NFL and NCAA, including long term spells as hostile facilitator with the Las Vegas Looters (then the Oakland Marauders) from 1998-2001 and the Dallas Cattle rustlers between 2012-14.
Callahan likewise held head training obligations with the Marauders association for a long time, going 11-5 out of 2002 and coming out on top for the AFC Title. However, Oakland fired Callahan after the team posted a record of just 4-12 the following season.
The Washington Commandants raised Callahan to break lead trainer in 2019 after he served five years as the group’s hostile line mentor. He additionally held the title of associate lead trainer during his last three seasons there. Callahan drove Washington to a 3-8 record prior to joining the Browns’ staff the next year.
Bill and Brian Callahan are two of very few father-son teams to run NFL offenses and become head coaches. Brian Callahan followed in his father’s footsteps when he rose to the AFC South head coaching position.
He spent the last five seasons as the hostile organizer for the Cincinnati Bengals, training against his dad in different AFC North division games every year. Following the 2021 regular season, the Bengals lost by three points to the Los Angeles Rams in the 2022 Super Bowl. The following January, they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.
Cincinnati is 31-19 with Brian Callahan running the offense over the beyond three seasons. Each of the three have been winning efforts. In addition, the team has a 5-2 playoff record in its last two postseason appearances.
According to Cabot, during his Titans’ introductory press conference, Brian Callahan endured some upsetting moments by stating that “not many fathers and sons get to be head coaches in the NFL.”
As per TSN, there have been six dad child head training couples in the association:
Mike and Kyle Shanahan
Wear and Dave Shula
Pal and Rex Ryan
Bum and Swim Phillips
Dick and Mike Nolan
Jim Mora Sr. also, Jim Mora Jr.
Bill and Brian Callahan currently join that world class list as the seventh such pair in NFL history.
