Mike Pettine

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Mike Pettine
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Cleveland Browns
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-09-25) September 25, 1966
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1993–1994 1995–1996 1997–2001 2002–2003 2004 2005–2008 2009–2012 2013 2014–Present	University of Pittsburgh (Graduate Assistant) William Tennent High School (Head Coach) North Penn High School (Head Coach) Baltimore Ravens (Coaching Assistant) Baltimore Ravens (Ass't Defensive Line Coach) Baltimore Ravens (Outside Linebackers Coach) New York Jets (Defensive Coordinator) Buffalo Bills (Defensive Coordinator) Cleveland Browns (Head Coach)

Michael Anthony Pettine, Jr. (born September 25, 1966) is an American football coach, who is currently the head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. He was formerly the defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets and the outside linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens.

Pettine is the son of famous Pennsylvania high school football coach Mike Pettine Sr. who went 326-42-4 record in 33 seasons and won the AAAA state championship four times at Central Bucks High School West.^[1]

Playing

Pettine played free safety at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1987, after earning all-state honors as a quarterback and defensive back for his dad at Central Bucks West.

High school coaching

Pettine coached high school football in Pennsylvania at North Penn and William Tennent high schools after working as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh (1993–1994). He also spent four years as an assistant coach for his father, at Central Bucks West High School. In 1999, ESPN documented the North Penn football season in a film titled The Season. The film followed the team behind the scenes during the 1999 season and highlighted the rivalry between North Penn and Central Bucks West, coached at the time by Pettine's father, Mike Pettine Sr.^[1]

NFL

Baltimore Ravens

Pettine joined the Ravens in 2001 and was promoted to OLB's coach in 2005 when Ryan became defensive coordinator.

New York Jets

Pettine, Rex Ryan's "right hand man", reportedly received a three year deal to lead the Jets defense. Pettine has been credited with contributing strongly to the Jets number one defense in the NFL in 2009. His tenure with the Jets ended after the 2012 season, with the expiration of his contract.^[2]

Buffalo Bills

Pettine was hired to be the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills on January 9, 2013.^[3]

Cleveland Browns

Pettine was hired to be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns on January 23, 2014.^[4]

On February 6, 2014, Pettine named former Beavercreek Beaver football standout Eric Branham as running backs coach.

Head coaching record

NFL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CLE	2014	0	0	0	–	AFC North	–	–	–	–
CLE Total		0	0	0	–		0	0	.000
Total		0	0	0	–		0	0	.000

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Caldwell, Dave. "Coach Inhabits Ryan's Shadow on Defense," The New York Times, Wednesday, January 19, 2011.
↑ Martin, Kimberly (8 January 2012). "Jets have to hire two coordinators as Tony Sparano, Mike Pettine won't be back". Newsday. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
↑ Gantt, Darin (9 January 2013). "Bills hire Mike Pettine as defensive coordinator". NBC Sports. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
↑ http://msn.foxsports.com/ohio/story/reports-browns-to-hire-mike-pettine-as-new-head-coach-012314

External links

New York Jets bio

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bob Sutton	New York Jets Defensive Coordinators 2009–2012	Succeeded by Dennis Thurman
Preceded by Dave Wannstedt	Buffalo Bills Defensive Coordinators 2013	Succeeded by TBA

Cleveland Browns head coaches

Paul Brown (1946–1962)
Blanton Collier (1963–1970)
Nick Skorich (1971–1974)
Forrest Gregg (1975–1977)
Dick Modzelewski # (1977)
Sam Rutigliano (1978–1984)
Marty Schottenheimer (1984–1988)
Bud Carson (1989–1990)
Jim Shofner # (1990)
Bill Belichick (1991–1995)
No team (1996–1998)
Chris Palmer (1999–2000)
Butch Davis (2001–2004)
Terry Robiskie # (2004)
Romeo Crennel (2005–2008)
Eric Mangini (2009–2010)
Pat Shurmur (2011–2012)
Rob Chudzinski (2013)
Mike Pettine (2014–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current head coaches of the National Football League

Persondata
Name	Pettine, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	September 25, 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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