The Browns have announced three new coaching hires.

Cleveland adds Jacques Cesaire, Tommy Rees, and Duce Staley to its coaching staff.

The three position coaches that the Browns have added to their coaching staff have been formally announced. They hire Jacques Cesaire to coach the defensive line, Duce Staley to train the running backs, and Tommy Rees to coach tight ends and pass games.

Let’s examine each of the three coaches individually.

Rees, a former quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for Alabama, joins the Browns as a tight ends/pass game specialist.

“Tommy has established himself as one of the top assistant coaches in college football and I have no doubt that will transition to the NFL,” Kevin Stefanski, the head coach, stated. “He has an incredible football acumen and I look forward to bringing his insight and unique perspective from top college programmes to our offence.”

Rees worked as Alabama’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for one season in 2023. Rees led Alabama to a 12-2 record in his one and only season there. The team also advanced to the College Football Playoff semifinals, where they were defeated by Michigan, the ultimate national winner, and won the SEC Championship Game.

Prior to this, he worked for Notre Dame for six seasons. From 2017 to 2019, he was the quarterbacks coach. From 2020 to 22 he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. After he took over as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator for three seasons, the squad averaged over thirty points per game and, in 2020, made it to the College Football Playoffs following an undefeated regular season.

Rees joined Northwestern as a graduate assistant in 2015 before starting his coaching career. After that, he worked as an offensive assistant with the San Diego Chargers for a season in 2016. After four seasons at Notre Dame, where he finished third with 7,351 throwing yards and second in school history with 61 touchdown passes, he called it quits on his collegiate career.