BEREA, Ohio – The Browns have added Christian Jones (tight ends), Sanders Davis (offensive assistant – offensive line), Kyle Hoke (assistant special teams), Adam Morris (assistant defensive line) and Ben Wilkerson (assistant offensive line) to the coaching staff. In addition, Bill Musgrave (quarterbacks), Stephen Bravo-Brown (assistant wide receivers) and Nick Charlton (pass game specialist) will have new roles in 2025.
Jones spent the past three seasons with the New York Giants, first as an offensive assistant in 2022 and then as assistant quarterbacks coach from 2023-24. Prior to the Giants, Jones spent three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (2019-21), the first as an offensive quality control coach and two seasons as an assistant wide receivers coach. In 2020, WR Justin Jefferson set an NFL rookie record with 1,400 receiving yards. Prior to joining the NFL ranks, Jones coached at Texas (2018) and Northwestern (2017). Jones is a native of Houston, Texas, and played wide receiver at Northwestern from 2011-15.
Davis joins the Browns after spending the previous six seasons at Rice University, first as a graduate assistant (2019) before serving as offensive line coach the final four seasons (2020-24). Current Browns offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren served as Rice's head coach during all six seasons. Davis spent five seasons (2014-18) at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, La., where he was the run game coordinator and offensive line coach, helping to guide the Bears to a pair of Division 1 state titles as well as a runner-up finish in 2018 in Louisiana's highest classification. He is a native of Baton Rouge, La., and played center at Dartmouth College.
Hoke has spent the past 13 years coaching on the college level. He has had stops at Texas A&M (2024), San Diego State (2020-23), Indiana State (2019), Texas State (2018), John Carroll (2017), South Carolina (2015-16), Army (2014) and Western Michigan (2012-13). He played safety at Ball State where he earned his degree in 2012. Hoke hails from a football coaching family as his father, Jon, has been a coach since 1982, with NFL stops in Houston (2002-08), Chicago (2009-14, 2023-24), Tampa Bay (2016-18) and Atlanta (2021-22) and his uncle, Brady, has been a coach since 1981, serving as head coach at Ball State (2003-08), San Diego State (2009-10, 2020-23) and Michigan (2011-14).
Morris spent the 2024 season as the defensive line/run game coordinator at the University at Buffalo. He helped Buffalo set a school record with 92 tackles for loss, while DE Kobe Stewart led the conference in sacks. Morris also had college coaching stints at Ball State (2023), Eastern Illinois (2021-22) and DePauw (2020). Morris was also an accomplished high school head coach with stints at Muncie Central High School and Hamilton Southeastern High School. A four-year letter winner at defensive tackle and team captain at Ball State, Morris is a native of Dublin, Ohio.
Wilkerson brings 10 years of NFL coaching experience following a four-year playing career. He served as the assistant offensive line coach with the Jets (2022-24), Giants (2018-21) and Bears (2015-17). Wilkerson began his coaching career at his alma mater LSU as an offensive assistant in 2010 and spent two seasons at Grambling State (2012-13) as the offensive line coach and a year as an assistant football coach at North Shore (Texas) Senior High School in 2014. Entering the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2015, Wilkerson played in 32 games over three seasons with Cincinnati and Atlanta before finishing his playing career in 2009 with the UFL's Florida Tuskers. He was a co-recipient of the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the top center in college football, as a senior, at LSU and helped the team win the BCS National Championship as a junior.
Musgrave joined the Browns in 2023 and spent the past two seasons as senior offensive assistant. He has 27 years of coaching experience on the professional and collegiate level in addition to six seasons as an NFL player, where he was a member of San Francisco's Super Bowl 29 winning team. Musgrave has served as an NFL offensive coordinator for 11 seasons with six teams (Philadelphia, Carolina, Jacksonville, Minnesota, Oakland and Denver). Prior to the Browns, he spent three seasons (2020-22) as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Cal. During his time as an NFL offensive coordinator or quarterbacks coach, he has helped three different quarterbacks to Pro Bowl selections including Derek Carr (2015-16), Matt Ryan (2010) and Steve Beurlein (1999). During his three seasons (2011-13) as offensive coordinator with the Vikings, Musgrave oversaw an offense that led the NFL in rushing with 146.5 yards per game and RB Adrian Peterson leading the league with 4,333 rushing yards during that span. Peterson was named the NFL MVP in 2012. Musgrave, a quarterback, was selected by Dallas in the fourth round of the 1991 draft. He spent six seasons in the NFL with the 49ers (1991-94) and Broncos (1995-96), while serving as the backup to Pro Football Hall of Fame QBs Joe Montana, Steve Young and John Elway. In college, Musgrave set Oregon school records for passing yards and total offense and was inducted into the Oregon Hall of Fame in 2000.
Bravo-Brown joined the Browns in 2020 and spent two seasons as defensive quality control coach and three seasons as special teams assistant (2022-24). He helped the Browns kicking and punting units set several franchise records, including P Corey Bojorquez for punts inside the 20-yard line (36 in 2024) and K Dustin Hopkins for field goals made in a season (33 in 2023). Bravo-Brown spent 2019 as Missouri State's wide receivers coach and served as a graduate assistant coach and worked with wide receivers at Wake Forest from 2017-18 after joining the program in 2016 as an offensive quality control coach. He began his coaching career at Waldorf University, where he spent the 2015 season coaching the wide receivers. Bravo-Brown played wide receiver at South Florida and Eastern Illinois.
Charlton joined the Browns staff as an offensive assistant/run-game specialist in 2024. He spent the previous two seasons (2022-23) as UConn's assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Charlton spent seven seasons (2015-21) as a coach at Maine in various offensive roles before serving as head coach from 2019-21, at the time the youngest head coach in all of D1 football. He also spent three seasons (2012-14) as a graduate assistant at Boston College, where he also earned his bachelor's and master's degrees.
