A team that hires and fires coaches with regularity is going to have a fair amount of alumni sprinkled around the league.
So it is with the Cleveland Browns, who have had nine coaches, 15 offensive coordinators and 12 defensive coordinators since 1999, the year of the team’s return from a three-year hiatus.
“It’s our badge of honor,” said one former Browns assistant of the diaspora of former employees.
The upcoming championship weekend for the NFL has a heavy Browns flavor on every one of the final four coaching staffs, both in coaches hired and coaches almost hired.