Overview
- The 75-year-old Capers joins Cleveland in a senior defensive assistant role that is described as advisory and non–play-calling.
- Multiple outlets report the move as part of Todd Monken’s ongoing staff build after the team named OC Travis Switzer, DC Mike Rutenberg and ST coordinator Byron Storer.
- Capers is a two-time NFL head coach and longtime defensive coordinator who helped the Packers win the 2010 Super Bowl.
- He has recently held senior defensive assistant posts with the Jaguars, Vikings, Lions, Broncos and Panthers.
- An Ohio native from Cambridge and a Mount Union alum, Capers returns to coach in his home state for the first time.