Kevin Stefanski

Kevin Stefanski
	Stefanski with the Cleveland Browns in 2023
Atlanta Falcons
Title	Head coach
Personal information
Born	May 8, 1982; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
Position	Defensive back
High school	Saint Joseph's (Philadelphia)
College	Penn (2000–2004)
Career history
	Penn (2005); Assistant director of football operations; Minnesota Vikings (2006–2019); Assistant to the head coach (2006–2008); ; Assistant quarterbacks coach (2009–2013); ; Tight ends coach (2014–2015); ; Running backs coach (2016); ; Quarterbacks coach (2017–2018); ; Interim offensive coordinator (2018); ; Offensive coordinator (2019); ; ; Cleveland Browns (2020–2025); Head coach; Atlanta Falcons (2026–present); Head coach;
Awards and highlights
	As a head coach 2× AP NFL Coach of the Year (2020, 2023);
Head coaching record
Regular season	45–56 (.446)
Postseason	1–2 (.333)
Career	46–58 (.442)
	Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference

Kevin Stefanski (/stəˈfɛnskiː/; born May 8, 1982) is an American professional football coach and former defensive back who is the head coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2020 to 2025. He played college football at Penn from 2000 to 2004.

Stefanski was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania. His father, Ed Stefanski, was a basketball player and executive. He attended high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at St. Joseph's Preparatory School, when his father was an executive for the New Jersey Nets. After graduation from high school in 2000, Stefanski enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania and played defensive back for the Quakers, starting for four seasons. As a redshirt junior in 2003, he helped lead Penn to their only undefeated Penn team of the decade and was an All-Ivy League selection in 2002.

He began his NFL career as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006 to 2019 and was the offensive coordinator during his final two seasons. Stefanski left Minnesota to become the Cleveland Browns' head coach in 2020, where he led the team to their first playoff appearance since 2002. He was named NFL Coach of the Year after the season, becoming the first Browns coach to receive the honor since 1976 and the first following the franchise's 1999 return as an expansion team. He led the Browns to a second playoff appearance in 2023, also winning NFL Coach of the Year for the second time. After an 8–26 record across the next two seasons, he was fired by the Browns in January 2026.

On January 17, 2026, Stefanski signed a five-year contract to become the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.