KEVIN ROGERS STAFF

SCHOOL THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY HOMETOWN SPARTA, N.J. YEAR AS NFL COACH SIXTH YEAR WITH THE BROWNS FIRST

SENIOR OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

KEVIN ROGERS’ COACHING BACKGROUND PLAYERS 1974-76...... Bayside High School (Va.), assistant coach 1977-78...... Ohio State University, graduate assistant 1979...... Mainland High School (Fla.), head coach 1980-82...... The College of William & Mary, running backs coach 1983...... Navy, tight ends/offensive tackles coach 1984-85...... Navy, tight ends/wide receivers coach 1986...... Navy, defensive backs coach 1987-88...... Navy, running backs coach 1989-90...... Navy, coach 1991-94...... Syracuse University, quarterbacks coach 2019 SEASON 1995-96...... Syracuse University, assistant head coach/quarterbacks/recruiting coordinator 1997...... Syracuse University, assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks ...... /recruiting coordinator 1998...... Syracuse University, assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach 1999-2001...... Notre Dame University, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach 2002-05...... University, quarterbacks coach 2006-10...... Minnesota Vikings, quarterbacks coach 2011...... Boston College, offensive coordinator 2012...... Temple University, associate head coach/ coach 2013-16...... The College of William & Mary, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach

2020-...... Cleveland Browns, senior offensive assistant HISTORY

KEY NOTES • Rogers is in his first season with the Browns as the team’s senior offensive assistant and sixth in the NFL. He returns to coaching after a brief hiatus from 2017-19. • Rogers, who played linebacker at William & Mary from 1971-73 and was the Tribe’s running backs coach from 1980-82, returned to Williamsburg to coach from 2013-16 with impressive credentials that included nearly 30 years as a Division I coach and five seasons in the NFL as the Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks coach. • Prior to returning to William Mary, he joined the Tribe staff after serving as Temple’s associate head coach and quarterback coach in 2012 and as Boston College’s offensive coordinator in 2011. RECORDS • During his tenure with the Vikings, he helped veteran quarterback Brett Favre post one of the best statistical seasons of his career during the 2009 campaign. That season, Minnesota advanced to the NFC Championship game. • Before joining the Vikings, Rogers was Virginia Tech’s quarterbacks coach from 2002-05 and helped and Marcus Vick establish themselves as two of the most prolific signal callers in school history. Under Rogers’ tutelage, Randall earned Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors in 2004 as the Hokies made a Sugar Bowl appearance. During the following season, Vick led the league in passing efficiency and VT posted the ACC’s top scoring offense (33.8). During Rogers’ tenure in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech recorded a 39-14

record, won the ACC title in 2004 and played in the first ACC Championship Game in 2005. GAME DAY • Prior to his successful stint at Virginia Tech, Rogers worked as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach from 1999-01.

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• Rogers coached at Syracuse from 1991-98 and helped the Orange achieve tremendous success during his tenure, as the squad registered a 68-26-1 record and six bowl appearances,

STAFF including two trips to the Fiesta Bowl and one to the Orange Bowl. In addition to coaching the quarterbacks during his entire time at Syracuse, he served as the team’s recruiting coordinator from 1993-94 and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1997. Syracuse became the first team in Big East history to win three consecutive league championships during his tenure, and he was instrumental in the success of Donovan McNabb, who set the majority of Syracuse’s passing records and was drafted No. 2 overall by the . • Rogers worked on Navy’s staff as an assistant from 1983-90 and coached future NFL standout Napolean McCallum. His first college coaching position came at W&M when he served as Laycock’s running backs coach from 1980-82. Prior to joining the Tribe’s staff, he worked as a graduate assistant at Ohio State under the legendary head coach Woody Hayes

PLAYERS in 1977-78. • He’s a 1974 graduate of William & Mary, where he also played linebacker. He received his master’s degree in physical education from Ohio State in 1978. • Rogers and his wife, Betty, have three children: Kevin, Jr., Megan and Ryan.

COMEBACK SEASON

Trailing 28-3 late in the second quarter at Tennessee (10/5/14), the Browns scored 26 unanswered points for a 29-28 win. The 25-point comeback was the largest by a road team in NFL history and

2019 SEASON 2019 tied for the third largest all-time.

Largest Comebacks in NFL History Date Game Lead Final Score Dec. 7, 1980 San Francisco vs. New Orleans 28 38-35 Sept. 21, 1997 Buffalo vs. Indianapolis 26 37-35 Oct. 5, 2014 Cleveland at Tennessee 25 29-28 Nov. 8, 1987 St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay 25 31-28

Largest Comebacks in Browns History

HISTORY Date Game Lead Final Score Oct. 5, 2014 Cleveland at Tennessee 25 29-28 Dec. 4, 1966 Cleveland vs. N.Y. Giants 20 49-40 Oct. 27, 2002 Cleveland at N.Y. Jets 18 24-21 RECORDS GAME DAY

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