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**Romeo Crennel**
Romeo Crennel
Date of birth	June 18, 1947 (age 62)
Place of birth	Lynchburg, Virginia
Position(s)	Head coach
College	Western Kentucky
Awards	2003 PFW Assistant COY
Regular season	24-40-0
Postseason	0-0
Career record	24-40-0
	Stats
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	DatabaseFootball
	Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1970-1974; ; 1975-1977; ; 1978-1979; ; 1980; ; 1981-1989; ; 1990-1992; ; 1993-1996; ; 1997-1999; ; 2000; ; 2001-2004; ; 2005-2008;	Western Kentucky; (Defensive Line Coach); Texas Tech; (Defensive Assistant); Ole Miss; (Defensive Ends Coach); Georgia Tech; (Defensive Line Coach); New York Giants; (Special Teams Coach); New York Giants; (Defensive Line Coach); New England Patriots; (Defensive Line Coach); New York Jets; (Defensive Line Coach); Cleveland Browns; (Defensive Coordinator); New England Patriots; (Defensive Coordinator); Cleveland Browns; (Head Coach)

Romeo Crennel (born June 18, 1947 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is the former head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Before becoming the head coach of the Browns, Crennel won three Super Bowls in four seasons as the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. Crennel has participated in six Super Bowls winning five of them during his coaching career.

[edit] Playing career

Crennel played baseball and football at Fort Knox (Ky.) High School and Central (Va.) High School before committing to college football at Western Kentucky. Although he was a four-year starter as a defensive lineman, he became an offensive lineman during his senior season at the request of the coaching staff. He was named the team MVP after the switch but was not drafted and never played in the NFL. Crennel earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Western Kentucky, and then a master’s degree while serving as a graduate assistant for the school in 1970.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] College

After one season as a graduate assistant with Western Kentucky (1970), Crennel served as the defensive line coach for three seasons (1971–1974). He then became an assistant for defensive coordinator Bill Parcells and head coach Steve Sloan at Texas Tech for three seasons (1975–1977). Crennel finished his collegiate career with two seasons as the defensive ends coach for Mississippi (1978–1979) and one season as the defensive line coach for Georgia Tech (1980).

[edit] National Football League

[edit] Assistant coach

After spending two seasons as an assistant with the New York Giants, Crennel became the special teams coach for seven seasons (1983–1989) and the defensive line coach for three seasons (1990–1992). In 1983, he was reunited with Parcells as the head coach.

When Parcells stepped down as Giants head coach after Super Bowl XXV, Crennel stayed with the team under the two year tenure of Ray Handley. Crennel left the Giants after the 1992 season and worked as the defensive line coach for the New England Patriots for four seasons (1993-1996) and for the New York Jets for three seasons (1997-1999) during the time that Parcells was the head coach in each franchise.

Crennel was hired as the Cleveland Browns' defensive coordinator for the 2000 season before filling the same role with the Patriots for four seasons (2001–2004) under long-time friend Bill Belichick.

[edit] Head coach

Before beginning the 2003 playoffs with the Patriots, Crennel interviewed for head coaching positions with five teams in under 36 hours. He was not offered any jobs, however, and was passed up by the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, and Atlanta Falcons.^[1]

[edit] Cleveland Browns

Crennel went 6-10 and 4-12 in his first two seasons with the Browns, finishing last or tied for last in the AFC North and missing the playoffs each year. The Browns finished the 2007 season with a 10-6 record, just falling short of making the playoffs. Crennel's success in the 2007 season earned him a two-year contract extension in January 2008.^[2] On December 29, 2008, following a disappointing 4-12 season, Crennel was fired by the Browns.

[edit] Head coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CLE	2005	6	10	0	.375	3^rd in AFC North	-	-	-	-
CLE	2006	4	12	0	.250	4^th in AFC North	-	-	-	-
CLE	2007	10	6	0	.625	2^nd in AFC North	-	-	-	-
CLE	2008	4	12	0	.250	4^th in AFC North	-	-	-	-
CLE Total		24	40	0	.375		-	-	-
Total^[3]		24	40	0	.375		-	-	-

[edit] Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Romeo Crennel has served:

[edit] Personal

Crennel had hip replacement surgery in early 2009 and decided to sit-out the 2009 football season while recuperating. ^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel

Sporting positions
Preceded by Butch Davis	Cleveland Browns Head Coaches 2005-2008	Succeeded by Eric Mangini
Preceded by Bill Belichick (also Head Coach)	New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator 2001-2004	Succeeded by Eric Mangini
Preceded by Bob Slowik	Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 2000	Succeeded by Foge Fazio

[0] African American Biographies

[1] "Cleveland Browns confirm contract extension for Crennel" The Cleveland Plain Dealer

[2] Romeo Crennel Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com

[3] "Former Cleveland Browns coach Crennel to sit out 2009" May 4 2009 The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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