Browns part ways with OL coach Andy Moeller
By Thomas Moore
Sep 21, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns helmet on the field before a game against the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ron Schwane-USA TODAY Sports
The Cleveland Browns and offensive line coach Andy Moeller have agreed to part ways, the team announced today.
The Browns and ProStar Sports Agency’s Paul R. Sheehy released a joint statement announcing the move, which reads:
"“The Browns and Offensive Line Coach Andy Moeller have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately. While no charges were filed in connection with the recent accusations asserted against him, and which Andy vehemently denies, he has advised the Browns that he desires to devote his full attention and focus on his family. Andy states that this was a difficult decision but the right one for him, his family, and the Club at this point in time.”"
Moeller was suspended by the team on Sept. 7 after news broke that he was being investigated for allegedly assaulting a female guest at his home. A woman called Berea police over the weekend, alleging Moeller had assaulted her, according to sources. The woman was a guest of Moeller’s from Maryland.
Moeller ultimately did not face assault charges in the incident.
Moeller joined head coach Mike Pettine‘s staff in February of 2014 after working as Baltimore’s line coach from 2008 to 2013. He was let go by the Ravens after the 2013 season when coach John Harbaugh elevated Juan Castillo’s title to offensive line coach.
In 2011, Moeller was suspended for two games and fined $47,000 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, stemming from a driving while impaired arrest in 2010. That was Moeller’s third alcohol arrest in a four-year span, and it prompted Baltiore owner Steve Bisciotti to say that the coach was down to his final strike, according to an article in The Baltimore Sun.
Prior to joining the Browns had 22 total years of experience coaching offensive linemen. Before working in Baltimore he was a college coach, spending six years as the offensive line coach at Army, three years at Missouri and seven years with the University of Michigan, where his father, Gary, was head coach.