Mike Pettine

Mike Pettine

Candid waist-up photograph of Pettine wearing a grey pullover bearing a Cleveland Browns logo and dark sunglasses standing on a football field

Pettine in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth: (1966-09-25) September 25, 1966
Place of birth: Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Career information
High school: Central Bucks (PA) West
College: Virginia
Career history
As coach:
Head coaching record
Regular season: NFL: 10–22 (.313)
Coaching stats at PFR

Michael M. "Mike" Pettine (born September 25, 1966) is an American football coach and former college player who was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the defensive coordinator for the NFL's Buffalo Bills and New York Jets.

Playing career

Pettine earned all-state honors as a quarterback and defensive back Central Bucks High School West. The head coach was his father, Mike Pettine, Sr., who is renowned in the area for compiling a record of 326–42–4 in 33 seasons and winning four state championships.[1][2]

Pettine played free safety at the University of Virginia,[3] graduating in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in economics.[4]

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 under his father at Central Bucks West High School. In 1999, a New York Times TV crew documented the North Penn football season for ESPN in a film titled The Season. The TV show consisted of two separate hours and followed the team behind the scenes during the 1999 season and highlighted the rivalry between North Penn and Central Bucks West.[2]

NFL

Baltimore Ravens

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

New York Jets

Pettine, as 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.[5]

Buffalo Bills

Pettine was hired to be the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills on January 9, 2013.[6]

Cleveland Browns

Pettine was hired to be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns on January 23, 2014.[7] On January 3, 2016, the same day the Browns lost their last game of the season to finish 3–13, Pettine was fired, along with GM Ray Farmer. Pettine went 10–22 in his two seasons as Cleveland's head coach.

Head coaching record

NFL

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
WonLostTiesWin %Finish Won Lost Win % Result
CLE2014 790.4384th AFC North
CLE2015 3130.1884th AFC North
CLE Total10220.313 00.000
Total10220.313 0 0 .000

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Pettine has served:

References

External links

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