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Hue Jackson's coaching staff loaded with experience, Super Bowl history

NamePositionCoaching Exp.NFL Coaching Exp.
Hue JacksonHead Coach30th16th
Ray HortonDefensive Coordinator23rd23rd
Pep HamiltonAssociate Head Coach-Offense19th11th
Chris TaborSpecial Teams Coordinator20th9th
Rock CartwrightOffensive Quality Control1st1st
Louie CioffiDefensive Backs24th22nd
Ken Delgado Assistant Defensive Line31st1st
Johnny HollandInside Linebackers22nd18th
Hal Hunter Offensive Line30th11th
Mark HutsonAssistant Offensive Line27th4th
Cannon Matthews Assistant Defensive Backs9th8th
Shawn MennengaSpecial Teams Assistant23rd6th
Robert NunnDefensive Line29th17th
Eric SandersDefensive Quality Control11th6th
Al SaundersSr. Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers47th34th
Bob SaundersOffensive Quality Control15th9th
Greg SeamonTight Ends25th3rd
Ryan SlowikOutside Linebackers13th12th
Stan WatsonSpecial Teams Quality Control9th3rd
Kirby WilsonRunning Backs/Run Game Coordinator32nd19th

198.

In the month since he took over as Browns head coach, Hue Jackson has hired 19 coaches to fill out his staffs on offense, defense and special teams. It's a mix of young and old with a variety of backgrounds, but one thing stands out above the rest when analyzed as a whole.

The NFL experience is clearly there.

Add it all up, and Cleveland's 19 assistant coaches carry a combined 198 years of NFL experience into the 2016 season. That includes two coaches -- offensive quality control Rock Cartwright and assistant defensive line coach Ken Delgado -- who don't have any, though Delgado brings 30 years of coaching experience, primarily at the collegiate level, to a defensive line room that will be led by Robert Nunn, a 16-year NFL coaching veteran.

"When I look at the whole makeup of our staff, I am really excited about the men who have come here to Cleveland to help assist this organization be the best that it can be," Jackson said. "I think when you look at our staff we have a very good mix of old and young, experience and inexperience, and we have the potential to keep growing. We are going to chase greatness together and that is what this is all about."

Another number to consider: eight. That's the number of Super Bowl rings owned by assistants under Jackson.

Nunn has the most recent, earning his in the same position with the Giants when they took down the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. Wilson picked one up with Tampa Bay in 2002 and another with Pittsburgh in 2008. Saunders helped St. Louis win Super Bowl XXXIV, and Holland was on the Packers staff when Green Bay downed New England in Super Bowl XXXI.

And then there's Horton, who has appeared in five Super Bowls and won three of them as a player and coach.

Horton won two rings as the secondary coach with the Steelers in 2005 and 2008. As a player, he won Super Bowl XXVII in his final NFL season with the Cowboys.

"He understands what it takes to win in this division," Jackson said. "I know what he's built of and I know what he's all about. I know he's going to bring that toughness and that mindset back to our defense.

"He's raring to go. Me and him are going to jump in the Dawg Pound together. We're looking forward to it."

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