Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Ray Horton is flirting with a return to the Browns.
He’s interviewing Tuesday in Northeast Ohio for the defensive coordinator opening on the staff of new Browns coach Hue Jackson, a source familiar with the situation confirmed.
In 2013, Horton served as the Browns’ defensive coordinator under coach Rob Chudzinski. But when owner Jimmy Haslam and former CEO Joe Banner fired Chudzinski after he went 4-12 during his first season on the job, Horton left along with the vast majority of the assistants.
Horton, 55, spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator of the Titans but took a backseat to mentor and former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau last year when he became Tennessee’s assistant head coach/defense.