Romeo Crennel
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Romeo Crennel was an American football player and is currently the head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.
A 25-year veteran of the NFL, Crennel was previously the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots (2001-04), where he helped the team win three Super Bowl championships in four seasons.
Prior to spending the 2000 season as Browns' defensive coordinator, he spent three seasons with the New York Jets (1997-99), and four with the Patriots (1993-96) -- all as a D-line coach.
From 1981-92, he worked under legendary coach Bill Parcells and alongside current Patriots head coach Bill Belichick with the New York Giants. With the Giants, Crennel coached in Super Bowls XXI and XXV -- winning championships in both contests.
Overall, Crennel has coached in six Super Bowls, coming home with five championship rings.
Before entering the NFL in 1981, Crennel coached at Western Kentucky University — his alma mater — (1970-74), Texas Tech (1975-77), Ole Miss (1978-79), and Georgia (1981).
Crennel is a native of Lynchburg, Virginia. He was a high school standout at both Fort Knox (Ky.) High and Central High (Amherst, Va.). He 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. Crennel played as both a defensive and an offensive lineman for the Hilltoppers in the late 1960s; he also captained the squad his last year on the team. He switched to offensive line as a senior at the request of the coaching staff, and was voted team MVP for his contributions and sacrifice.
[edit] External links
- Boston Globe: On top of things: Finally a head coach, Crennel remakes the Browns – from August 23, 2005
| Preceded by: Terry Robiskie |
Cleveland Browns Head Coaches 2005–present |
Succeeded by: Current coach |
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| Brown • Collier • Skorich • Gregg • Modzelewski • Rutigliano • Schottenheimer • Carson • Shofner • Belichick • Palmer • Davis • Robiskie • Crennel |
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| Belichick • Billick • Childress • Coughlin • Cowher • Crennel • Del Rio • Dungy • Edwards • Fisher • Fox • Gibbs • Green • Gruden • Holmgren • Jauron • Kubiak • Lewis • Linehan • Mangini • McCarthy • Marinelli • Mora • Nolan • Parcells • Payton • Reid • Saban • Schottenheimer • Shanahan • Shell • Smith |
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