Former Ohio State defensive coordinator Fred Pagac will be joining Kevin Stefanski’s coaching staff as the Browns’ linebacker coach according to reports.
Stefanski is taking over after a severely underwhelming season from Freddie Kitchens. While all the blame cannot be put on Kitchens, overturning the coaching staff was the easy answer for management.
Now, Stefanski has been able to retool the coaching staff, a group that will include several highly qualified names like Pagac.
Before making what’s seemingly a permanent jump to the professional game, Pagac spent over two decades in Columbus, moving from a graduate assistant all the way up to defensive coordinator where he put his stamp on an aggressive, attacking style of defense that featured guys like Mike Vrabel, Andy Katzenmoyer, Antoine Winfield, Na’il Diggs, and others.
That said, the news from first broke by Sirius XMNFL’s Alex Marvez.
After going 7-8-1 two seasons ago, the Browns, who came into 2019 with expectations of contending for the AFC North, won a mere six games. They needed to do better, and the hope is that they will start to make significant improvements with the hiring of Pagac and others.
Let’s just hope his addition can help result in more success for an organization that’s seen so much struggle in recent years.
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