The first candidate the Cleveland Browns interviewed to be their coach was Adam Gase.
He’s also the first candidate to take a job elsewhere.(
We’ll resist the punch line about failed coaching searches. The Browns thought enough of Gase to try to interview him two years ago, but he declined to focus on Denver’s Super Bowl run. They thought enough of him to interview him first during this search, though timing on when a coach interviews sometimes can be a matter of that coach’s schedule.
Gase’s decision to join Miami is a statement that he believes the Dolphins will be a better opportunity.