{"id":42834,"date":"2026-02-03T11:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42834"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:57:47","slug":"new-cleveland-browns-coach-holds-1st-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42834","title":{"rendered":"New Cleveland Browns coach holds 1st news conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<section><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQy6SnqAovd9jwrPaD7MZfrw_GqpnJwG60gRA&amp;s\" alt=\"New Cleveland Browns coach holds 1st news conference.  https:\/\/www.cleveland19.com\/2026\/02\/03\/new-cleveland-browns-coach-holds-1st- news-conference\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BEREA, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; The new Cleveland Browns coach will hold his first official news conference at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Monken was officially hired on Jan. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Monken, 59, was most recently the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Monken previously served as the Browns\u2019 offensive coordinator in 2019, giving him familiarity with the organization and the city as he steps into his new role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is an outstanding leader and has a clear vision to lead our team as a strong communicator who values trust with his players but also accountability and preparation,\u201d said Dee and Jimmy Haslam.<\/p>\n<p>With a defense already among the league\u2019s best, the Browns\u2019 decision to bring in an offensive-minded head coach signals a clear effort to fix a unit that has struggled to find consistency.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Cleveland Browns coach will hold his first official news conference at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[202,2775,70,2773,2774,2776],"class_list":["post-42834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-cleveland-browns-head-coach-todd-monken","tag-kevin-stefanski","tag-todd-monken","tag-todd-monken-cleveland-browns","tag-todd-monken-ravens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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