The Cleveland Browns are turning to Tennessee Titans senior defensive assistant Jim Schwartz to be their next defensive coordinator, a league source confirmed to the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal.
Schematically, Schwartz has been a 4-3 proponent, which is the same base scheme Woods used. He's favored man-to-man coverage, while Woods preferred zone.
Schwartz, 56, started his NFL career with the Browns in 1993 as a personnel scout under Bill Belichick. He received his first on-field coaching assignment when he was named outside linebackers coach after the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens. Schwartz has spent the past two seasons with the Titans as a senior defensive assistant, where he's been a sounding board in defensive meetings and worked hand-in-hand with head coach Mike Vrabel. It was Schwartz's second stint with the Titans, having been an assistant from 1999-2008, the last eight of those as defensive coordinator.
During a five-year stint as the Detroit Lions' head coach from 2009-13, Schwartz went 29-52. He did guide the Lions to the playoffs in 2011. Schwartz also spent 2014 as the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills under head coach Doug Marrone.
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