Overview
- The Browns officially announced on Monday that they rehired Ryan Grigson as senior football advisor and promoted Chris Cooper to senior vice president of football administration.
- This is Grigson’s third stint with Cleveland after earlier roles in 2017 and 2020–21, and he most recently served as the Minnesota Vikings’ assistant general manager in 2025.
- Cooper, who joined Cleveland in 2014 and spent seven seasons as vice president of football administration, will take on expanded duties that include player contracts, salary-cap management, and oversight of football information systems.
- Grigson and general manager Andrew Berry have a long professional history dating to the Colts, a connection the team retained when bringing Grigson back to advise on personnel and roster planning.
- The hires formalize a front-office continuity push that could affect roster construction and cap work entering training camp and signal the Browns’ preference for experienced, institutional knowledge in football operations.