NFL Coach of the Year: Browns’ Kevin Stefanski with one more vote than Texans’ DeMeco Ryans…
Texans coach, Browns coach both had 165 total votes, but Kevin Stefanski received 21 first-place votes, one more than DeMeco Ryans.
Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski was named Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year in an ultra-close balloting over Texans coach DeMeco Ryans.
Stefanski and Ryans both had 165 total votes, but Stefanski had 21 first-place votes, one more than Ryans’ 20 first-place votes.
Ryans was named the Pro Football Writers of America Coach of the Year. The Texans defeated the Browns, 45-15, in an AFC wild-card playoff victory at NRG Stadium.
Ryans engineered a dramatic turnaround, galvanizing a losing team with his leadership.
The former Texans Pro Bowl linebacker lifted the team to an AFC South division title, going 11-8 one year after they finished 3-13-1 under former coach Lovie Smith.
The McNair family nailed this hire as Ryans won a playoff game against the Cleveland Browns, and improved by six wins to become the seventh head coach since 2019 to improve by at least six wins since the previous year. The Texans are the second team in NFL history to have a winning record after three consecutive seasons of less than four wins.
