The Browns are interviewing Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde on Friday for the teams’ head coach opening.
Durde is the fourth candidate to interview. Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz interviewed on Thursday, while Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher interviewed on Friday.
Durde, 46, has been the Seahawks defensive coordinator for two seasons since joining the coaching staff in 2024. In his first season as defensive coordinator, Durde helped the development of their defensive unit that finished the season strong, ranking fifth in points allowed per game (18.4), fourth in yards allowed per game (304.8), fifth in first downs (18.1) and sixth in pass defense (205.0) during Weeks 11-18. In 2025, the Seahawks allowed the sixth-fewest total yards per game at 285.6 yards, 10th-fewest passing yards per game at 193.9 and third-fewest rushing yards per game at 91.0 yards. Seattle also allowed the fewest points per game at 17.2 during the 2025 regular season.
He previously spent three seasons with the Cowboys as the defensive line coach from 2021-23. In his first season at the helm of the defensive line, Durde’s unit produced 23 sacks and pressured opposing quarterbacks on 237-of-684 opponent dropbacks, the third-most in the league in 2021, per Pro Football Focus. Durde’s guidance of the defensive line saw continued success in 2022 as the unit contributed 44 of the defense’s 54 sacks on the season.
Prior to Dallas, Durde spent four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons under Dan Quinn, where he was a coaching intern in 2016, then a defensive assistant from 2018-19 and then the outside linebackers coach in 2020.
Durde served as the head of football development at NFLUK from 2015-18, where he helped guide the International Player Pathway program. He also was the defensive coordinator of the London Warriors for six seasons from 2011-16.
Durde also played linebacker in NFL Europe for six years with the Scottish Claymores and Hamburg Sea Devils and was a member of Hamburg’s 2007 NFL Europa World Bowl XV Championship team, the final championship in the European league history. He also spent time on the practice squads of the Carolina Panthers in 2005 and Kansas City Chiefs in 2008.