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Kevin Stefanski named PFWA Coach of the Year

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Kevin Stefanski being rewarded for a fantastic first season.

It was a phenomenal rookie year for Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski, capped off with being named Pro Football Writers of America Coach of the Year.

In his first season as a head coach, Stefanski, 38, turned the Browns into a 6-10 nightmare to a divisional-round playoff team.

An 11-5 regular season marked the best record for the Browns since 1994 while snapping the NFL’s longest active playoff drought of 17 years. Marty Schottenheimer was the last Browns head coach to win PFWA AFC’s Coach of the Year in 1986.