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Kevin Stefanski hiring Alex Van Pelt as Browns offensive coordinator; Jeff Howard as DBs & passing game coordinator
MIAMI -- Kevin Stefanski has found his man to try to help him maximize the immense talent on this Browns offense, which woefully underachieved in 2019.
He’s hiring former NFL quarterback and longtime pro quarterback coach Alex Van Pelt as his offensive coordinator, a league source confirmed for cleveland.com. Zac Jackson of The Athletic first reported it.
He also hired his former fellow Vikings assistant Jeff Howard as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator.
Van Pelt, who was Aaron Rodgers’ QB coach in Green Bay from 2014-17, has experience as a coordinator, having been the Buffalo Bills’ OC and quarterbacks coach in 2009. Stefanski might still call his own plays, but has said he’d be willing to hand over the chore if it’s best for the team.
Van Pelt, 49, completes a coordinator trio that includes Mike Priefer on special teams and likely 49ers defensive backs coach Joe Woods as soon as he finishes the Super Bowl on Sunday. Woods told cleveland.com and another member of the Browns media on Wednesday that he’s hoping to be reunited with Stefanski, his former eight-year Vikings colleague, and is excited about the opportunity.
Van Pelt is the fourth coordinator of Baker Mayfield’s pro career. He’s also had Todd Haley, Freddie Kitchens and Todd Monken.
Mayfield, who tumbled to second-last in the NFL with a 78.8 passing rating, was a notch above the quarterback Van Pelt coached on a rebuilding team last year in Cincinnati in Andy Dalton, who finished at 78.3.
But if Mayfield likes Van Pelt as much as Rodgers did, the hire will be a success. During their four seasons together, Rodgers produced two 4,000-yard seasons and threw 125 touchdowns against only 26 interceptions. Perhaps more importantly, Van Pelt quickly earned the very public respect of one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks.
“He’s a great game-day manager, giving me exactly what I need and nothing more,” Rodgers told ESPN’s Rob Demovsky in 2017. "He cares about it. The guy puts a lot of work into it. He’s a great coach. There’s no reason why his name shouldn’t be out there for coordinator spots right now, but he’s done a great job for us. And he and I have become very close.”
When the Packers let Van Pelt’s contract run out in 2018, Rodgers was miffed.
“Well, my quarterback coach didn’t get retained,” Rodgers told ESPN’s Golic and Wingo at the Super Bowl that February. “I thought that was an interesting change, really without consulting me. There’s a close connection between quarterback and quarterback coach, and that was an interesting decision.”
Van Pelt explained his philosophy for coaching QBs to the Bengals’ website when he was hired in 2018 by Marvin Lewis, who was on the Pitt staff when Van Pelt was a QB there.
“I think you play to the player’s strengths,” he said. “Obviously Aaron can do a lot of things within the pocket to escape the pocket and have great success extending the plays ... whereas Andy is more of a pocket passer.
“I definitely think there is a certain way to train the quarterbacks, and the way they’ve done it with Green Bay in the past, they’ve had a lot of success with it. So I’d like to carry over some of those things that we would do here with Andy, and then mix in some things that suit him.”
Van Pelt helped run a version of the West Coast offense that Gary Kubiak, now the Vikings’ coordinator, installed in Minnesota last year with Stefanski running the offense. It’s virtually the same scheme that Kyle Shanahan coached to a Super Bowl berth Sunday against the Chiefs.
An eighth-round pick of the Steelers in 1993, Van Pelt spent 11 seasons as an NFL backup QB, including 10 with the Bills from 1994-2003. He threw 16 touchdowns and 24 interceptions and returned to Buffalo in 2006 as offensive quality control coach.
He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2008 and earned the added title of OC in 2009. He spent 2010-11 as the Bucs QB coach and then 2012-13 as Packers running backs coach before moving up to tutor Rodgers.
Howard was the Vikings’ assistant DBs coach in 2018-19. He began his Vikings career as assistant to the head coach in 2013 and moved up to defensive assistant for four seasons.
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This Alex Van Pelt has no OC experience??????????
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Is this how other teams do things?
Pick the people with no experience?
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This Alex Van Pelt has no OC experience??????????
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From Squires link above: Van Pelt, who was Aaron Rodgers’ QB coach in Green Bay from 2014-17, has experience as a coordinator, having been the Buffalo Bills’ OC and quarterbacks coach in 2009.
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Is this how other teams do things?
Pick the people with no experience?
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10 years ago for 1 year .... none since .... I wonder what his link is to Kev ... or depo ...  ...
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I don't understand why, but I always enjoyed watching Alex play (mostly college of course) maybe because I liked watching his Dad play too...and again I don't know why I liked watching Dad either. Seemed like gritty guys who managed to achieve without having immense talent.
Also, they were in my earlier lifetime one of the first father/son duos to play meaningful football.
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Is he the old QB from Colorado State?
If Rodgers liked him that much, he’s worth a shot lol
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10 years ago for 1 year .... none since .... I wonder what his link is to Kev ... or depo ... ... A couple of things I think on why he was hired. First, he has run in a O that Kubiac installed, similar to what Stef is going to run, there is a working knowledge. I also read that Callahan, our OL coach and senior asst got a tip from his son who is the Bengals OC that VPelt is a very good coach. Callahan probably got the tip from his son before he was hired here...you know, father son talks about how things are going..
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This Alex Van Pelt has no OC experience??????????
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Yeah he does,, 1 year in Buffalo.. I think it was 2009
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you know, father son talks about how things are going.. Kinda like the Wolfs.
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Is this how other teams do things?
Pick the people with no experience?
I hate this team. The 49ers guys that most people were excited to contemplate weren't exactly old hat OCs, either. All three have mostly worked under HCs that called the plays. McDaniel and Lafleur under Shanahan, Van Pelt under McCarthy. The good OCs that have been around for awhile generally stick with their teams or get HC gigs. If it'd be a lateral move, Cleveland probably isn't my first choice (if not a lifelong Browns' fan.) All those good OCs had to get their first shot at some point. We'll see how it goes. I definitely understand expecting the worst when it comes to the Browns recently.
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Is he the old QB from Colorado State?
If Rodgers liked him that much, he’s worth a shot lol He played QB at Pitt
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Kubiak/Shanahan offense.
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This Alex Van Pelt has no OC experience??????????
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Yeah he does,, 1 year in Buffalo.. I think it was 2009 I don't know if it's necessarily a full year. I believe it was on an interim basis during the season after firing someone.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Thats a really good school to come from ... i hope he was a good student ... 
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He was made the O cord 10 days before the season started and was the OC for the entire year.
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Kubiak/Shanahan offense.
He is from that school.
Is he, though? He spent most of his time under McCarthy who spent most of his time under Schottenheimer in KC. Diversity is a good thing when it works together, though.
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Kubiak/Shanahan offense.
He is from that school.
Is he, though? He spent most of his time under McCarthy who spent most of his time under Schottenheimer in KC. Diversity is a good thing when it works together, though. I like the different branches that are making up this tree.
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I think that Van Pelt is a quality hire. I do wonder whether or not he'll be the one calling plays, though.
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I think adding Callahan and Van Pelt are solid hires.
Both have good resumes and should be helpful with Baker.
I think the quarterback coach will be an important hire as well. And hopefully they get a good fit.
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Heseems to be at least a solid hire, a NFL pedigree. Hope he channels some of the quality work into QB and passing game. Wait and see as to who is cs=alling the offense. Welcome aboard! Now win us some games.
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I think that Van Pelt is a quality hire. I do wonder whether or not he'll be the one calling plays, though. There are things I'm reading that I like, but also things that give me pause. Pros- attention to detail, focus on footwork, history with Rodgers/a successful franchise, emphasizing game like conditions in practice Cons/Question Marks- the "and nothing else" part of the Rodgers' quote, the lack of direct familiarity with anyone on staff as far as I can tell, the Bengals mess last year (the OL wasn't good, though, and no AJ Green), limited experience in the role
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I think that Van Pelt is a quality hire. I do wonder whether or not he'll be the one calling plays, though. His positives, as far as I can see, would be applicable if he were being hired as the QB coach. I gotta check out his time as interim OC. Could be a gem washed away in a regime change for all I know.
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Just a word on calling plays. I don't think Stefanski calling plays is a bad thing.
I don't think Freddie forgot how to call plays last year. I think the offense was a total mess. A mix and match of systems. The players didn't know what they were doing half the time.
Probably half or near half the coaches in the league call the plays. I don't see it a big deal one way or the other.
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Is this how other teams do things?
Pick the people with no experience?
I hate this team. Rumor has it we're in the perfect situation.
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This Alex Van Pelt has no OC experience??????????
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From Squires link above: Van Pelt, who was Aaron Rodgers’ QB coach in Green Bay from 2014-17, has experience as a coordinator, having been the Buffalo Bills’ OC and quarterbacks coach in 2009. He was the interim OC in Buffalo. You know, kinda like Freddie was here.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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This Alex Van Pelt has no OC experience??????????
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From Squires link above: Van Pelt, who was Aaron Rodgers’ QB coach in Green Bay from 2014-17, has experience as a coordinator, having been the Buffalo Bills’ OC and quarterbacks coach in 2009. He was the interim OC in Buffalo. You know, kinda like Freddie was here. Right. The problem is Freddie didn't really have his offensive system. He and Monken tried to blend Monkens O and Haleys. Stefanski is way ahead of were we started last year. Van Pelt was in a Kubiac type O before, so he will be able to step right in with Stefanski.
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How so? How are we way ahead of last year? Do you know how many people were fooled when they said the same thing about the BB coaching tree?
See, I'm talking about the OC. Fedddie did a good job running things as the OC. Baker looked much better and we were 5-3 when Freddie was OC.
Last season, with Van Pelt as QB coach with the Bengals, Dalton was benched and they played musical chairs at QB afterwords.
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Agreed. Van Pelt looks like a good hire. They all seem like they are on the same page unlike last year.
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