Follow usТhe Cleveland Browns are hiring Bubba Ventrone as their new assistant head coach/special teams coordinator in an attempt to improve a middling kicking game, according to NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero.
The #Browns are hiring Bubba Ventrone as their assistant head coach/special teams coordinator, per sources.
Ventrone, 40, played four seasons in Cleveland (2009-12). Now, he returns on Kevin Stefanski’s staff after building one of the NFL’s top units in Indianapolis. A big hire. pic.twitter.com/qdI4aSRxL1
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 23, 2023
Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski, who also interviewed Jets assistant Leon Washington for the opening, have now added a second new coordinator to their coaching staff.
The Browns previously released Joe Woods of his duties as defensive coordinator and appointed Jim Schwartz.
Ventrone, who is returning to Cleveland after playing four seasons with the club, served as the Indianapolis Colts’ special teams coordinator the past five seasons.
He replaces Mike Priefer, whom the Browns dismissed earlier this week.
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