Duce Staley to be hired as new running backs coach for Cleveland Browns
BEREA — Duce Staley will be the next running backs coach for the Browns, a source confirmed to the Beacon Journal.
Staley was the assistant head coach/running backs coach for the Carolina Panthers last season. However, when head coach Frank Reich was fired midseason, Staley was let go as well.
Staley spent 10 seasons as an NFL player, seven of those with the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Staley has been a coach in the NFL since 2011, when he started as a special teams quality control coach with the Eagles. He was the running backs coach from 2012-20 for Philadelphia, where he spent five seasons with Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, and he also was assistant head coach for Philadelphia from 2018-20.
After Philadelphia, Staley spent two season as the assistant head coach and running backs coach for the Detroit Lions in 2021-22.
Staley replaces Stump Mitchell, who was fired by the Browns last week along with tight ends coach T.C. McCartney and offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt.
The Browns are also near hiring former Alabama offensive coordinator Tommy Rees as their tight ends coach. Rees is also expected to have a role in the design of the pass game.
The Browns have interviewed three known candidates for the offensive coordinator position: Seattle Seahawks offensive line coach Andy Dickerson, ex-Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and Houston Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson.
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on Twitter at @ceasterlingABJ
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