{"id":471195,"date":"2026-02-16T02:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/471195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:44:07","slug":"report-cory-undlin-jason-tarver-mike-rutenberg-are-finalists-for-browns-dc-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/471195\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Cory Undlin, Jason Tarver, Mike Rutenberg are finalists for Browns&#8217; DC job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Browns have narrowed their search for a new defensive coordinator to replace Jim Schwartz.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports that the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/2026\/02\/jason-tarver-cory-undlin-and-mike-rutenberg-are-the-3-finalists-for-browns-defensive-coordinator.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Browns are choosing among<\/a> Texans passing game coordinator Cory Undlin, Browns linebackers coach Jason Tarver and Falcons passing game coordinator Mike Rutenberg.<\/p>\n<p>Undlin and Rutenberg interviewed in person this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Undlin and Tarver have NFL coordinator experience, and both coaches have extensive experience working under Schwartz. That would allow the Browns to keep a successful system in place. <\/p>\n<p>Undlin served as defensive coordinator of the Lions in 2020, and Tarver was defensive coordinator of the Raiders from 2012-14.<\/p>\n<p>Tarver has worked as the Browns\u2019 linebackers coach the past six seasons, including the past three under Schwartz, and Undlin worked under Schwartz from 2016-19 in Philadelphia. Undlin has spent the past three seasons as the Texans\u2019 passing game coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Rutenberg became the Falcons\u2019 defensive pass game coordinator in 2025 after four seasons as linebackers coach for the Jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Browns have narrowed their search for a new defensive coordinator to replace Jim Schwartz. Mary Kay Cabot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-471195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}