
Jeff Howard
Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs
College: ENMU
Biography
Year with Browns: 1st
Year as NFL coach: 8th
Key Notes
- Most recently spent seven seasons in Minnesota (2013-19), rising up the coaching ladder from assistant to the head coach to assistant defensive backs coach from 2018-19.
- While working with the defensive backs, specifically the safeties, Minnesota ranked tied for sixth in the NFL in total takeaways, including 29 interceptions during that span.
- Under his guidance, S Anthony Harris tied for the league lead with six interceptions in 2019, becoming the first Viking to lead the league in interceptions since 2003.