Josh McDaniels would be the eighth and final candidate to interview for the Cleveland Browns’ vacancy at head coach.
But the 43-year-old New England Patriots offensive coordinator, who met with the Browns at the team’s Berea headquarters for seven hours on Friday, is on track to remain in Foxborough.
The Browns plan to hire Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday.
Stefanski and the Vikings fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 27-10, in Saturday’s divisional round. Stefanski had interviewed with Cleveland one day prior to McDaniels.
McDaniels, a native of Canton, Ohio, played wide receiver at nearby John Carroll University and served as a graduate assistant at Michigan State.