Browns new OL coach Mike Bloomgren: From FSU to Invoice Callahan to Stanford to HC, the whole lot it’s worthwhile to know

It was simply two quick years in the past that the Cleveland Browns offensive line was ranked as among the finest items within the league.

This previous 12 months, when you take a look at the stat web page, it will seem that Cleveland removed everyone from that prestigious group and employed a bunch of latest guys. However when you look, it’s mainly the identical guys. Nicely principally. Take out LT Jed Wills and insert any variety of replacements – James Hudson, Dawand Jones, Germain Ifedi – and the identical jersey nameplates are the identical.

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There may be one different substitution, although. And it’s an enormous one. Offensive line coach Invoice Callahan left to help his son Brian who had been named the top ball coach of the Tennessee Titans. The senior Callahan is named the league’s greatest offensive line coach. And all of a sudden, he was gone.

Cleveland employed Andy Dickerson in his place. His tenure lasted precisely one season as he was fired the day after the ultimate recreation, a 35-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

Now comes phrase that Cleveland has employed their new offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren. Who’s he? What does he carry to the Browns?

Beginnings

Bloomgren grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, which is dwelling to each the Florida State Seminoles and the Florida A&M Rattlers. So, faculty soccer was on the heart of everybody who lives on this Northern Florida metropolis.

He performed tight finish and ended up enjoying soccer at Culver-Stockton Faculty in Canton, Missouri, a personal Christian liberal arts establishment. After two seasons, he transferred to Florida State the place he earned his bachelor’s diploma in sports activities administration with a minor in enterprise. He graduated magna cum laude. It was at FSU that he had his first teaching expertise as an undergraduate assistant to the linebackers.

After commencement, he was employed as a graduate assistant on the College of Alabama in 1999 below head coach Mike DuBose. On the identical time, Bloomgren took programs and earned his grasp’s diploma in larger schooling administration. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA.

From 2002-2005, he was the co-offensive coordinator, offensive line, and particular groups coach with Catawba Faculty in Salisbury, North Carolina. This expertise enabled him to get an offensive coordinator place at Delta State College. He had this job from 2005-2007. He left Delta State to simply accept an assistant job at Texas A&M, however after three weeks left the Texas college.

The NFL known as. He accepted.

Bloomgren turned the offensive high quality management coach for the New York Jets. He had change into associates with Invoice Callahan who was then the top coach at Nebraska. When Callahan was employed because the assistant head coach/OL coach with the Jets, he beneficial Bloomgren for head coach Eric Mangini’s workers.

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When Mangini was fired and Rex Ryan took over, usually all the present coaches get canned as properly. However Ryan retained Bloomgren and he moved into an offensive assistant function in 2009. The next season he was once more elevated to the assistant offensive coordinator.

However Bloomgren didn’t stay in New York. In 2011, he was employed at Stanford to be their working recreation coordinator and offensive line coach which he held for 2 seasons. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2013. He coached Andrew Luck and Christian McCaffrey who would every change into Heisman finalists.

Bloomgren was in good firm. His agent is Jimmy Sexton who represents Nick Saban and Kirby Sensible.

The success that Stanford had whereas Bloomgren ran the offense enabled him to get his first head teaching job when Rice College provided him the top job to start the 2018 season. He took over a roster that had gone 1-11-0 the season earlier than.

His seasons at Rice are as follows:

2018: 2-11-0

2019: 3-9-0

2020: 2-3-0

2021: 4-8-0

2022: 5-8-0

2023: 6-7-0

2024: 4-8-0

Throughout his tenure at Rice, the soccer workforce performed in two bowl video games, dropping each.

Bloomgren has labored in numerous pro-style offenses with totally different faculty groups particularly at Stanford. He has confirmed to achieve success as a instructor and motivator, which can be important for Cleveland’s offensive line group.

The brand new coach acknowledged:

“I am excited about joining this organization. From the Haslams to the alignment with Andrew (Berry) and Kevin, I think it’s an exciting time to be here. The commitment that they all have to making this place great, and making another playoff run, is everything I want to be a part of. I think as a coach, we exist for the players and that’s always going to be the case. I also think it’s our job to give them clear direction of how to do things. I know there’s a Hall of Fame player here in Joel Bitonio. I think there are some really good pieces, and we have to see exactly how they can fit and see exactly how this offense gets formed, but I am excited about the potential with that group.”

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The Browns have three gamers on this group who’ve been to a number of Professional Bowls and been voted NFL All-Professional. Jones made the NFL All-Rookie Crew. So, the core group remains to be round.

There are others from the room that more than likely received’t return for 2025. It is rather possible that an offensive sort out can be drafted throughout the first three rounds this 12 months, and a guard or heart will change into focused within the later rounds.

Bloomgren takes over a bunch that has the expertise, was extremely ranked just some quick seasons in the past, and now has given up the second most sacks within the league (66) in 2024.