The head coach of the Browns is finally based in Northeast Ohio.
Kevin Stefanski revealed late Monday night on ESPN's SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt he and his family moved to the Cleveland area on Friday.
The Browns hired Stefanski on Jan. 12. But the relocation of Stefanski, his wife, Michelle, and their three young children from Edina, Minn., to a suburb on Cleveland's West Side had been delayed for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The family is using temporary housing before settling in its new home.
"If I could turn this phone around, you'd see boxes everywhere," Stefanski said. "But we did an 11-hour drive on Friday and powered through that. I was proud of myself. It was interesting. The license plate game is hard right now because there's not a lot of cars on the road. But the kids were pretty good. Thank God for the iPads, and now happy to be in Cleveland."
NFL team facilities have been shut down due to coronavirus concerns since mid-March. But Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams last week instructing them to have protocols in place by Friday in anticipation of being advised when club facilities will formally reopen.
The Browns began their voluntary virtual offseason program under Stefanski on April 20. That's when the league permitted Stefanski and his coaching staff to begin installing their schemes through online classroom instruction.
"I think players, young people, are a resilient bunch, and I think they learn under these unique circumstances," Stefanski said. "I think they're better equipped to do this than maybe any other generation just because they're so in tune to the technological aspect of this whole thing. And the feedback I've gotten from the guys has been very positive."
