The Cleveland Browns and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan are set to go in different directions, according to Alex Marvez of FOX Sports. Shanahan asked for and was granted his release. The Browns are also moving on from quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains, per Marvez. Loggains was fired.
Browns, Kyle Shanahan to part ways, per report
After only one season on the shores of Lake Erie, it appears Kyle Shanahan will be on the move once more.
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Both coaches came to Cleveland as part of head coach Mike Pettine’s staff when he was hired last year. This is the second year in a row the Browns have reshuffled their coaching staff. Head coach Rob Chudzinski was fired after the 2013 season, his only season at the helm in Cleveland.
Shanahan, 35, worked with the Houston Texans from 2006-09 as an offensive assistant before going to Washington in 2010 to be the offensive coordinator under his father, Mike Shanahan. Now, Kyle Shanahan is being interviewed as a potential head coach by the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. He's also been mentioned as a possible candidate for open offensive coordinator positions around the NFL.
Kyle Shanahan on the move
Cleveland did not have a great offense in 2014 behind the quarterbacking of Brian Hoyer and Johnny Manziel, ranking 23rd in total yardage and averaging 18.7 points per game. The Browns were without star receiver Josh Gordon for 11 games due to a suspension, and had to rely on pieces like Andrew Hawkins and Terrance West and Isaiah Crowell to move the ball.
In Washington, Shanahan’s offenses checked in 18th, 16th, 5th and 9th in total yardage, respectively, from 2010 through 2013.
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