2023-01-09
Los Cleveland Browns requested permission to interview Steelers defensive assistant and former Dolphins head coach Honduran Brian Floresfor the defensive coordinator opening, as reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
On Monday morning after firing third-year coordinator Joe Woods, Cleveland asked to speak with two coaches. The first one to ring was Patriots inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo and the second was the catracho, Brian Flores, a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach for the Steelers.
BRIAN FLORES’ CAREER
Brian Flores, 41, began his coaching career as a special teams assistant for the Patriots in 2008 and added an offensive assistant to his duties in 2010.
He went on to become a defensive assistant in 2011 and served as the safety coach from 2012 to 2015. From 2016 to 2018, he coached linebackers and was hired as the Dolphins’ head coach in 2019.
In three seasons in Miami, he guided the Dolphins to a 24-25 mark and back-to-back winning seasons in 2020 and 2021, their first since 2003.
Trouble with the Dolphins
In a sharp clash with the Dolphins’ front office, he was fired after the 2021 season ended, and later filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL, Giants, Broncos and Dolphins for racial discrimination in their coaching hiring practices. and minority staff. executives.
Amid the lawsuit, the Steelers named Flores their top defensive assistant/linebacker heading into this season.
