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Former North Penn Coach, Now In NFL, Could Be Moving On: Report
In 2014, Mike Pettine became the first coach from the area to be a head coach in the NFL.
LANSDALE, PA - Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine, a Central Bucks West graduate and the former head coach of the North Penn football team, could be moving on.
Pettine, who also coached William Tennent, became the first area coach to go on to be a head coach in the NFL in 2014 when he was appointed the top job with the Browns, the Associated Press reports.
The Browns have had a very rough season, compiling a 3-12 record thus far with just one game to go on the year.
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They lost to the playoff-bound Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, 17-13.
Pettine reportedly has not spoken to the Browns owner about his future.
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“I have a job to do, and the job is to prepare this team as well as I can to play the Pittsburgh Steelers,” Pettine told the Associated Press, referencing the final game of the season. “I don’t get caught up in that.”
He added that the middle of the season is not the time or the place for such conjecture, according to Cleveland.com.
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