Cleveland Browns Hire Wes Chandler As WR Coach


by Nigel Kerry - Date: 2007-03-08 - Word Count: 250 Share This!

This time Browns' management has made some serious changes in their coach staff. Wes Chandler, a 50 year old enormously experienced league professional player and coach, has been appointed as Browns' receivers coach. He is an experienced campaigner and will perform his duties along with offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski, offensive line coach Steve Marshall and special teams coordinator Ted Daisher.

Wes Chandler started his professional career in NFL in 1978. He initially played for the Saints and then moved to the Chargers and stayed with them from 1981 to 1988. He had an impressive career record with 559 career receptions and 8,966 yards with 56 touchdowns that earned him Pro Bowl selections four times.

After retiring from professional football, Chandler took up coaching as a career. His first coaching assignment was in 1991 with Orlando Thunder of the World Football League. Later, in 1994-95, he moved as the wide receivers coach to Central Florida. Chandler has also coached in the NFL Europe and in 1999, he was the head coach of the Berlin Thunder. Apart from this, Chandler was wide receivers coach from 2001 to 2002 with the Dallas Cowboys and in 2005 he was with the Vikings.

Browns' also made another significant change in their coaching staff. The management announced that Cory Undlin, who was earlier defensive quality control coach, had been promoted and assigned the task of being secondary coach / assistant special teams coach. Now the Browns are looking for a suitable candidate to take over the position vacated by Undlin.


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About the writer: Nigel Kerry is an American free lance writer born in Los Angeles, California. Kerry writes among others for Sportus.com - sports betting Odds and sportsbook, as well as Filmzone.com, a site dedicated to texas holdem poker

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