CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer after a 3-13 season.
Pettine went 10-22 in two years, dropping 18 of his final 21 games after a promising 7-4 start in 2014. The Browns announced the firings shortly after a 28-12 home loss to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, who wiggled into the AFC playoffs.
Pettine was the team’s seventh full-time coach since 1999, and the team has changed coaches and GMs five times since 2008.
Pettine’s job security had been in doubt for months, and not even owner Jimmy Haslam’s vow at the start of training camp not to “blow things up” could stop another regime change in Cleveland.