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Romeo Crennel
Date of birth	June 18, 1947
Place of birth	Lynchburg, Virginia
Position(s)	Head coach
College	Western Kentucky
Career Highlights
Awards	2003 PFW Assistant COY
Career Record	10-22-0 (Regular season) 0-0-0 (Postseason) 10-22-0 (Overall)
Stats
Coaching Stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1970-1974 1975-1977 1978-1979 1980 1981-1992 1993-1996 1997-1999 2000 2001-2004 2005-Present	Western Kentucky (defensive line coach) Texas Tech (defensive assistant) University of Mississippi (defensive ends coach) Georgia Tech (defensive line coach) New York Giants (special teams and defensive line coach) New England Patriots (defensive line coach) New York Jets (defensive line coach) Cleveland Browns (defensive coordinator) New England Patriots (defensive coordinator) Cleveland Browns (head coach)

Romeo Crennel (born June 18, 1947 in Lynchburg, Virginia) has been the head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League since February 8, 2005.

Before becoming the head coach of the Browns, Crennel won three Super Bowls in four seasons as the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. Crennel has participated in six Super Bowls and won five championships during his coaching career.

Contents 1 Playing Career 2 Coaching Career 2.1 College 2.2 National Football League 2.2.1 Assistant Coach 2.2.2 Head Coach 2.2.2.1 Cleveland Browns 2.3 Head Coaching Record 2.4 Coaching Tree 3 Personal Info 4 External links

Crennel played baseball and football at Fort Knox (Ky.) High School and Central (Va.) High School before committing to college football at Western Kentucky. Although he was a four-year starter as a defensive lineman, he became an offensive lineman during his senior season at the request of the coaching staff. He was named the team MVP after the switch but was not drafted and never played in the NFL.

After one season as a graduate assistant with Western Kentucky (1970), Crennel served as the defensive line coach for three seasons (1971-1974). He then became a defensive assistant for Bill Parcells at Texas Tech for three seasons (1975-1977). Crennel finished his collegiate career with two seasons as the defensive ends coach for Mississippi (1978-1979) and one season as the defensive line coach for Georgia Tech (1980).

After spending two seasons as an assistant with the New York Giants, Crennel became the special teams coach for seven seasons (1983-1989) and the defensive line coach for three seasons (1990-1992). In 1983, he was reunited with Parcells as the head coach.

Crennel followed Parcells out of New York, serving as the defensive line coach for the New England Patriots for four seasons (1993-1996) and for the New York Jets for three seasons (1997-1999) during the time that Parcells was the head coach in each franchise.

Crennel was hired as the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator for the 2000 season before filling the same role with the Patriots for four seasons (2001-2004).

Before beginning the 2003 playoffs with the Patriots, Crennel interviewed for head coaching positions with five teams in under 36 hours. He was not offered any jobs, however, and was passed up by the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, and Atlanta Falcons.^[1]

Crennel went 6-10 and 4-12 in his first two seasons with the Browns, finishing last in the AFC North and missing the playoffs each year.

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CLE	2005	6	10	0	.375	4th in AFC North	-	-	-	-
CLE	2006	4	12	0	.250	4th in AFC North	-	-	-	-
Browns' Total		10	22	0	.313		-	-	-
Total		10	22	0	.313		-	-	-

NFL head coaches that Romeo Crennel has served under:

• Ray Perkins: New York Giants
• Bill Parcells: New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets
• Ray Handley: New York Giants
• Chris Palmer: Cleveland Browns
• Bill Belichick: New England Patriots

Assistant coaches under Romeo Crennel that became head coaches in the NFL:

• None

• His father, Joseph Crennel, was an avid fan of playwright William Shakespeare. He named his oldest son "Romeo" after the lead character in one of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
• One of his sisters is named Juliet.
• Crennel 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.
• His brother, Carl, played linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1970 and played in the CFL from 1971-81 for five different teams.
• Romeo and his wife, Rosemary, have three daughters, Lisa Tulley, Tiffany Crennel and Kristin Cullinane.

• Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel

Preceded by Terry Robiskie

Cleveland Browns Head Coaches 2005-

Succeeded by current

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