The Browns are hosting Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken for a second, in-person interview for their head coaching vacancy.
Monken will visit Cleveland on Tuesday, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. He was the team’s offensive coordinator in 2019, but did not keep his job when Kevin Stefanski took over as head coach in 2020.
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Also getting second interviews with the Browns are their current defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, Jaguars OC Grant Udinski, Chargers DC Jesse Minter, and Rams passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase.
McDaniel, Minter, and Scheelhaase are also candidates for the Ravens’ head coaching gig. All three completed their first round of interviews, and the first two seem likely to be on Baltimore’s list of finalists.
The Browns’ vacancy is viewed as one of the less-desirable ones around the league, so they are trying to move quickly to secure a top candidate. Coaches who are uncertain about their ability to get a better (or any) head coaching gig elsewhere may be more inclined to accept an early offer from Cleveland. Monken falls into that cateogry, as the Browns are the only team to interview him for a top job this hiring cycle. If he does not get the position, he will likely follow John Harbaugh to New York and take the Giants’ OC job.
