Year with Browns: 5th

Year as NFL coach: 6th

Key Notes

• Joined the Browns as chief of staff in 2020. Added assistant wide receivers coach duties to responsibilities in 2022 and moved to a fulltime role as assistant wide receivers coach in 2023.
• Played eight seasons as a safety, running back and slot receiver for the D.C. Divas of the Women's Football Alliance. A five-time team captain and four-time All-American.
• Two-time gold medalist (Finland in 2013 and Vancouver in 2017) as a player with Team USA Women's Football.

Year with Browns: 5th

Year as NFL coach: 6th

Key Notes

• Joined the Browns as chief of staff in 2020. Added assistant wide receivers coach duties to responsibilities in 2022 and moved to a fulltime role as assistant wide receivers coach in 2023.
• Played eight seasons as a safety, running back and slot receiver for the D.C. Divas of the Women's Football Alliance. A five-time team captain and four-time All-American.
• Two-time gold medalist (Finland in 2013 and Vancouver in 2017) as a player with Team USA Women's Football.
• Joined the Browns in 2020 and made NFL history in her first season with the club. Became the first woman to coach an NFL position group in a game when she served as the team's acting tight ends coach during a Week 12 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for her accomplishments as artifacts from the game (sideline jacket, autographed ball) were put on display. Also served as acting wide receivers coach during a Week 17 victory against the Steelers in 2020 and acting running backs coach in Week 15 against the Raiders in 2021.
• In 2023, WR Amari Cooper became the first Browns player to record back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons. He led the team with 1,250 receiving yards, the third-most by a Brown in a season en route to his fifth career Pro Bowl selection. Cooper also set a Browns single-game record with 265 receiving yards at Houston on Dec. 24, 2023.
• Served as head coach of the 2022 U.S. Women's Tackle National Team. The U.S. team competed at the 2022 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Women's Tackle World Championship in Vantaa, Finland and captured the gold medal. Oversaw a roster of 45 players and seven assistant coaches.
• Served as the wide receivers coach for the National team in the 2024 Senior Bowl.
• Turned a training camp internship with the Buffalo Bills in 2019 into a full-time position on Sean McDermott's staff. She aided a group that saw the Bills accomplish a 10-win season, their first double-digit win campaign in the 21st century. Buffalo also reached the AFC Wild Card and finished second in the AFC East.
• Prior to Buffalo, was offered a two-week internship by Dartmouth head coach, the late Buddy Teevens that turned into a full-time position as an offensive quality control coach, becoming the first full-time female football coach in Division I.
• Also coached at her alma mater, Mount Vernon High School, under famed coach Barry Wells, who recruited her to coach on his staff.
• Interned in the New York Jets personnel department and attended the Manning Passing Academy, where she served as one of the 16 female coaches for the first women's clinic held at the prestigious camp.
• Serves as one of 22 members of USA Football's Football Development Council. The Council is comprised of medical, football and long-term athlete development experts to open more paths to the fun of playing football and improve upon existing ones. USA Football is the sport's national governing body and a member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
• Earned her bachelor's degree in sport management from George Mason University in 2015.
• Native of Alexandria, Va.

Callie Brownson's Professional Playing Background:

2010-17 D.C. Divas, safety/running back/slot receiver

Callie Brownson's Coaching Background:

2015-17 Mount Vernon High School, assistant coach

2017 New York Jets, college/professional personnel scouting intern

2018 Dartmouth College, coaching intern

2018 Dartmouth College, offensive quality control coach

2019 Buffalo Bills, coaching intern

2020-21 Cleveland Browns, chief of staff

2022 U.S. Women's Tackle National Team, head coach

2022 Cleveland Browns, chief of staff/assistant wide receivers coach

2023- Cleveland Browns, assistant wide receivers coach