Freddie Kitchens Biography
Freddie Kitchens is an American football coach who was the head coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former player and was a coach for the Arizona Cardinals, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Dallas Cowboys, North Texas Mean Green, and LSU Tigers.
He was fired on December 29, 2019, after the final game of the season after just one season as head coach; only a few hours after a 23-33 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Freddie Kitchens Alabama
He was a quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1993 to 1997. During his college career, Kitchens threw for 30 touchdowns and 4,668 passing yards. In his three seasons as a starter, Alabama went 22-13 and played in the 1993 Gator Bowl, 1994 Citrus Bowl, and the 1996 Outback Bowl.
At the time of his departure, Kitchens ranked third in the school’s history in career passing attempts, fourth in career passing yards, and fifth in career completions.
Freddie Kitchens Dallas Cowboys
Following his college career, Kitchens served as an assistant coach for several college teams, before joining the Dallas Cowboys staff as tight ends coach in 2006.
Freddie Kitchens Arizona Cardinals
For 11 years (from 2007 to 2017), Kitchens worked on the Arizona Cardinals staff.
Freddie Kitchens Browns
In 2018, he was hired as running backs coach for the Cleveland Browns.
On October 29, 2018, after week 8 of the 2018 season, Hue Jackson who was the head coach and Todd Haley who was the offensive coordinator were fired by the Browns. Kitchens was promoted to offensive coordinator and Gregg Williams was named interim head coach.
On January 9, 2019, Kitchens was promoted to head coach by the Cleveland Browns.
Freddie Kitchens Age Birthday
Kitchens was born as Charles Fredrick Kitchens Jr. on 29 November 1974 in Gadsden, Alabama, United States.
Freddie Kitchens Family
After doing our research, details about his parents are not available and it is also not known if he has any siblings.
Freddie Kitchens Wife
Kitchens married Ginger Kitchens in 2000, and the couple has two daughters Bennett and Camden.
Freddie Kitchens Body Measurements
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Freddie Kitchens Salary
The amount of salary Kitchens earns has not yet been disclosed to the public.
Freddie Kitchens Net Worth
Working as a football coach, there is no doubt Kitchens earns a good salary and has been able to accumulate good net worth. However, his exact net worth has not yet been revealed but the information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Freddie Kitchens Teams Coached
- Glenville State (1999)
Running backs coach & tight ends coach - LSU (2000)
Graduate assistant - North Texas (2001–2003)
Running backs coach - Mississippi State (2004)
Tight ends coach - Mississippi State (2005)
Running backs coach - Dallas Cowboys (2006)
Tight ends coach - Arizona Cardinals (2007–2012)
Tight ends coach - Arizona Cardinals (2013–2016)
Quarterbacks coach - Arizona Cardinals (2017)
Running backs coach - Cleveland Browns (2018)
Running backs coach & associate head coach - Cleveland Browns (2018)
Offensive coordinator - Cleveland Browns (2019– )
Head coach
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Freddie Kitchens Fired
Cleveland Browns fire Freddie Kitchens after one season
The Cleveland Browns fired coach Freddie Kitchens after the team’s 10-point loss to the one-win Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Kitchens’ dismissal came hours after the Browns secured a 6-10 season.
The Browns announced the decision after an ESPN report surfaced.
“We thank Freddie for his hard work and commitment to this organization but did not see the success or opportunities for improvement to move forward with him as our head coach,” a statement from team owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said late Sunday. “Our focus is on hiring an exceptional leader for this football team and we will take a comprehensive approach to this process. We are excited about the core players we have to build around and develop and we look forward to bringing in a strong head coach that will put this group of players in the best position to succeed.”
Browns general manager John Dorsey also released a statement.
“I would like to thank Freddie for his dedication and efforts this past season,” Dorsey said. “We are disappointed in our results and feel a change is necessary. Freddie is a good man and good football coach. We wish he and his family nothing but success.”
Kitchens told reporters after the 33-23 loss that he expected to be coaching Monday, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow,” he said. “We’ve got meetings scheduled through next week and I’m looking forward to going to work tomorrow. You know? I truly don’t buy into the speculation stuff. I’ll work and show up tomorrow and do the best job I can do for the Browns tomorrow.”
He added: “They haven’t given me any indication of anything else and I don’t think Mr. Jimmy and Dee [Haslam], I think, they want me to do my job and that’s what I’m going to do, is do my job until they tell me not to — if they tell me not to. I seriously don’t want to get into speculation because I haven’t been told anything. They just want me to do my job and I’m going to do my job to the best of my ability tomorrow. Just like I’m going to try to do this press conference right here to the best of my ability.”
Kitchens became the head coach because of his work with Baker Mayfield during the quarterback’s rookie season. He was given the job over Gregg Williams who had led the team to a 5-3 record when he replaced Hue Jackson in the middle of last season.
Mayfield didn’t give Kitchens a vote of confidence last week when he was asked about the coach’s future.
“That’s not my decision to make, so whatever happens, happens moving forward,” he said last week during the postgame news conference following a loss to the Baltimore Ravens. “I know how I’m gonna handle it, getting whatever receiving corps, tight ends we have together in the offseason and making sure we’re on the same page so we hit the ground running in the spring.
“Any time you have a head coach and you have a losing record, that’s the first person everybody points to. It goes to many more things than just Freddie. We can all be better in this process… there’s no one single thing to blame. Overall, we have to bring it more and more every day to meet the expectations we have for ourselves.”
The Browns finished with fewer wins than last season and a worse winning percentage.
Source: www.foxnews.com