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Browns coach Mike Pettine brushes off questions about job security, aims to overcome distractions and maintains confidence in blueprint

Mike Pettine has a razor-sharp wit, a Pennsylvania football legend for a father, three kids, a degree in economics, a tough-guy persona, complete with the quintessential shaved head and goatee, charisma and a no-nonsense management style to go along with a love of the Foo Fighters, especially frontman Dave Grohl, vacationing in Hawaii, Italian food, Stephen King novels, racquetball, golf, Howard Stern and the Godfather trilogy.

He also has one of 32 head-coaching jobs in the NFL, and he hopes to keep it long enough for Browns fans to get to know a lot more about him.

Pettine, though, does not possess the power of mind control.