With the Cleveland Browns (again) changing regimes, George DeLeone found himself on the outside of the coaching profession looking in. A couple of weeks later, DeLeone is back on the inside, and in a familiar locale at that.
While the school has yet to officially confirm it, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that DeLeone has been added to Matt Rhule‘s coaching staff at Temple. Bruce Feldman of FOXSports.com subsequently confirmed the report.
According to both outlets, DeLeone will serve as the Owls’ running-game coordinator.
The past two seasons, DeLeone worked as an assistant line coach with the Browns. Prior to that, however, the vast majority of his 46-year coaching career had been spent at the collegiate level. And a sizable chunk of that time was spent in the Northeast.
DeLeone’s first FBS job came at Rutgers from 1980-83. Two different stints at Syracuse (1985-96, 1998-2004) were sandwiched between his the job at the NFL level with the Miami Dolphins (1997). Temple was his home from 2006-07, and then UConn from 2011-13 before the Browns called.