Romeo Crennel
| Houston Texans | |
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| Position: | Assistant head coach |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | June 18, 1947 |
| Place of birth: | Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Fort Knox (KY) |
| College: | Western Kentucky |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 28–55 (.337) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
Romeo "Rac" Crennel (born June 18, 1947) is an American football coach who is the assistant head coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Though he has spent much of his career as a defensive assistant, he has also been the head coach of the Cleveland Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs. On January 20, 2014, he became the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans. He was promoted to assistant head coach prior to the 2017 season.
Crennel played baseball and football at Fort Knox (Ky.) High School and Amherst County (Va.) High School before committing to college football at Western Kentucky. Although he was a four-year starter as a defensive lineman, he became an offensive lineman during his senior season at the request of the coaching staff. He was named the team's MVP after the switch but was not drafted and never played in the NFL. While the move did hinder his draft chances, it increased his knowledge of the game, by experiencing the trenches from both the offensive and defensive side of the football. Crennel earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Western Kentucky University, and then a master's degree while serving as a graduate assistant for the school in 1970.
After one season as a graduate assistant with Western Kentucky (1970), Crennel served as the defensive line coach for three seasons (1971–1974).
After four seasons at WKU, he became an assistant for defensive coordinator Bill Parcells and head coach Steve Sloan at Texas Tech for three seasons (1975–1977).
Crennel finished his collegiate career with two seasons as the defensive ends coach for Ole Miss (1978–1979) and one season as the defensive line coach for Georgia Tech (1980).
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