Mike Vrabel Browns bound Former Titans coach joining Cleveland staff for 2024 season

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While it's not a head-coaching job, Mike Vrabel has found a role with an club for the 2024 season. The former head coach will serve as the ' coaching and personnel consultant for the upcoming season, .Vrabel has strong ties to the Buckeye State. He was Matt Harvey Jersey born and raised in the Akron area and played at Ohio State prior to being drafted by the in 1997. Vrabel coached linebackers and defensive line at Ohio State from 2011-13.Vrabel will join a Browns coaching staff led by Kevin Stefanski, who is entering his fifth season as the team's head coach. Cleveland is coming off an 11-6 season that ended with a lo s to the Houston Texans on Super Wild Card Weekend.Vrabel in January following a 6-11 season in 2023. While his tenure in Nashville ended on a sour note, most of Vrabel's six-year run with the Titans Keith Hernandez Jersey was largely positive. Tenne see went 9-7 in Vrabel's first two seasons and made the playoffs during his Jose Reyes Jersey second year with the team. The 2019 Titans shocked and the in the wild card round before upsetting and the top-seeded the following week to earn a spot in the AFC Championship game. Tenne see ultimately fell in that game to Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the eventual champion .The Titans won 23 regular-season games over the next two years that included a 12-5 mark in 2021. Vrabel was named Coach of the Year that season as the Titans overcame several notable injuries.Tenne see went 0-2 in the playoffs over that span, however, and didn't quality for the postseason in 2022 after going 7-10. The Titans' downward slide continued in 2023, which ultimately resulted in Vrabel's exit. Vrabel's only other coaching experience Travis D'Arnaud Jersey came with the . He served as the team's linebackers coach from 2014-16 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2017.Vrabel is the latest former head coach to accept a noticeably smaller role shortly thereafter. In 2022, former head coach Brian Flores accepted an a sistant position with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was named as the ' defensive coordinator a year later after having succe s during his lone year on Pittsburgh's staff.Vrabel is surely hoping that his time in Cleveland helps him land a better opportunity some time Todd Frazier Jersey in the near future.