MIKE HOLMGREN OUT AS BROWNS PRESIDENT

Posted on Oct 16, 2012 6 Comments

New Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam isn't waiting to have an impact on how his team operates.

Approved only Tuesday by the NFL as an owner, Haslam will name Joe Banner the team's CEO and president and current president Mike Holmgren will leave the organization after this season. The story was originally reported by by ESPN's Ed Werder and has since been confirmed by the team.

Holmgren will stay on staff to help with the transition, but Banner, a former president of the Philadelphia Eagles, will assume his new position when the team's sale to Haslam becomes official on Oct. 25.

Holmgren joined the Browns in January 2010, and is the executive who hired current coach Pat Shurmur, whose team started 0-5 this season before winning Sunday against Cincinnati. Haslam has said that the Holmgren-Banner shift is the only personnel move he will make this season, according to ESPN.

Haslam purchased the team for $1 billion for Randy Lerner.

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Reggie Givens The Browns need a fresh Start!! It was time..

8 mons ago

Chris Jones something need to change and usually its at the top

8 mons ago

Patrick Heenan I agree with Ethan Kelley, it's best to start at the top to get things done.

8 mons ago

Brandon Sanders I really wanna see the Browns be a factor again... great fans and kool city. I don't know if they will get there but it starts at the top that's for sure

8 mons ago

Stacey Hairston NFL is a great game, best in the world, but it is also a crappy business. What have you done for me lately?? Wins equal stability, losses equal "you aint got to go home, but you got to get the heck out of here". Take the good with the bad...

8 mons ago

Ethan Kelley Sometimes it is better to clean house and start with a clean slate. Hopefully some of that mojo and success the Steelers have had over the years follow him.

8 mons ago