Schwartz was born just outside Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Mount Saint Joseph High School, an all-male Catholic school, where he played football. Schwartz was a four-year letterman at linebacker for the Hoyas of Georgetown University, where he earned his degree in economics. He received Distinguished Economics Graduate honors at Georgetown and earned numerous honors in 1988, including Division III CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America, All-America, and team captain.
Coaching career
Early coaching career
Schwartz got his start in the NFL doing research for Bill Belichick on the Cleveland Browns staff in the mid-1990s. Schwartz served as the Tennessee Titans' defensive coordinator from 2002-2008. During his time with Tennessee, Schwartz was considered for several different NFL head coaching openings. He was a candidate for the San Francisco 49ers' head coaching position in 2005, but the job went to Mike Nolan. In January 2008, he interviewed for head coaching positions with the Washington Redskins,Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons.Adam Schefter reported on January 15, 2009 that the Detroit Lions had decided to hire Schwartz as head coach.
"The message to the players is we don't panic. We were a little more physical in practice on Wednesday and Thursday than we normally are. We don't wear shoulder pads in the Thursday practice, but we did this week. We still did the same tackle drills, though."
"Let's say a prayer the injury isn't too severe. He was dominating inside. I don't know if I've seen a defensive tackle inside dominate the way he did today."
"I thought both of them played well."
"It's week to week. If that's what we think that we need to do to beat them, that's what we'll do. It's not, 'Hey, we're bringing the blitz 50 times a game regardless of who we're playing.' Every week's going to be different."
"The big thing is a combination of the coverage and then the rush a lot of times that quarterback was back there and he had nothing down the field."
"We needed another play. I thought the fourth-down drive was like a turnover. But we didn't get any turnovers in the game and that was the difference."
"It was amazing how much faster quarterbacks were getting rid of the ball when Jevon was in the game."
"Players have already adjusted to the rules changes from 2004. They've developed alternate techniques that can be effective but less likely to draw an illegal-contact flag."
"I've always wanted to come back to Adrian as an administrator with the Adrian Police Department."
New Browns DC Jim Schwartz on How He Puts a Defense Together - Sports4CLE, 1/17/23
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers respond to a clip of Jim Schwartz from his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and what he had to say on putting a defense together.
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published: 17 Jan 2023
Reaction to Browns hiring Jim Schwartz as defensive coordinator
In a segment from their Orange and Brown Talk podcast, cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe and Ashley Bastock share their thoughts on the Cleveland Browns hiring Jim Schwartz as the defensive coordinator. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023
published: 18 Jan 2023
Free Agent Defensive Linemen Linked to Browns DC Jim Schwartz - Sports4CLE, 1/17/23
Dave Bacon and Garrett Bush discuss some free agent defensive linemen linked to Jim Schwartz that the Browns could explore this offseason.
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Jim Schwartz- LEARN THE F*****G RULES!
Coach Jim Schwartz offers the refs some post game advice after the Lions complete the comeback versus the Vikings on 9/25/2011. Rock on, coach!
published: 26 Sep 2011
Jim Schwartz- INCOMPLETE YOU MOTHERF*CKER!!
Coach Schwartz lets the Cowboys have it in the Lions thrilling come from behind victory on 10/02/11. Rock on, coach!
published: 03 Oct 2011
Free Agents the Browns Should Look at After Hiring Jim Schwartz - Sports4CLE, 1/17/23
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers discuss free agents the Browns could look at after hiring Jim Schwartz at defensive coordinator.
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Dave Bacon and Tom Withers respond to a clip of Jim Schwartz from his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and what he had to say on putting a defense together.
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Dave Bacon and Tom Withers respond to a clip of Jim Schwartz from his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and what he had to say on putting a defense together.
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Dave Bacon and Tom Withers respond to a clip of Jim Schwartz from his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and what he had to say on putting a defense together.
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In a segment from their Orange and Brown Talk podcast, cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe and Ashley Bastock share their thoughts on the Cleveland Browns...
In a segment from their Orange and Brown Talk podcast, cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe and Ashley Bastock share their thoughts on the Cleveland Browns hiring Jim Schwartz as the defensive coordinator. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023
In a segment from their Orange and Brown Talk podcast, cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe and Ashley Bastock share their thoughts on the Cleveland Browns hiring Jim Schwartz as the defensive coordinator. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023
Dave Bacon and Garrett Bush discuss some free agent defensive linemen linked to Jim Schwartz that the Browns could explore this offseason.
Watch Sports4CLE Mon...
Dave Bacon and Garrett Bush discuss some free agent defensive linemen linked to Jim Schwartz that the Browns could explore this offseason.
Watch Sports4CLE Monday-Friday live at 4 pm ET on Cleveland.com.
You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
Dave Bacon and Garrett Bush discuss some free agent defensive linemen linked to Jim Schwartz that the Browns could explore this offseason.
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You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers discuss free agents the Browns could look at after hiring Jim Schwartz at defensive coordinator.
Watch Sports4CLE Monday-Friday live...
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers discuss free agents the Browns could look at after hiring Jim Schwartz at defensive coordinator.
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You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers discuss free agents the Browns could look at after hiring Jim Schwartz at defensive coordinator.
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You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers respond to a clip of Jim Schwartz from his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and what he had to say on putting a defense together.
Watch Sports4CLE Monday-Friday live at 4 pm ET on Cleveland.com.
You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
In a segment from their Orange and Brown Talk podcast, cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe and Ashley Bastock share their thoughts on the Cleveland Browns hiring Jim Schwartz as the defensive coordinator. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023
Dave Bacon and Garrett Bush discuss some free agent defensive linemen linked to Jim Schwartz that the Browns could explore this offseason.
Watch Sports4CLE Monday-Friday live at 4 pm ET on Cleveland.com.
You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
Dave Bacon and Tom Withers discuss free agents the Browns could look at after hiring Jim Schwartz at defensive coordinator.
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You can leave a voicemail for the show at (216)200-6650.
Schwartz was born just outside Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Mount Saint Joseph High School, an all-male Catholic school, where he played football. Schwartz was a four-year letterman at linebacker for the Hoyas of Georgetown University, where he earned his degree in economics. He received Distinguished Economics Graduate honors at Georgetown and earned numerous honors in 1988, including Division III CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America, All-America, and team captain.
Coaching career
Early coaching career
Schwartz got his start in the NFL doing research for Bill Belichick on the Cleveland Browns staff in the mid-1990s. Schwartz served as the Tennessee Titans' defensive coordinator from 2002-2008. During his time with Tennessee, Schwartz was considered for several different NFL head coaching openings. He was a candidate for the San Francisco 49ers' head coaching position in 2005, but the job went to Mike Nolan. In January 2008, he interviewed for head coaching positions with the Washington Redskins,Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons.Adam Schefter reported on January 15, 2009 that the Detroit Lions had decided to hire Schwartz as head coach.
Spirit of Detroit rocks Lions jersey ahead of historic NFL playoff run ... 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. Seen Jan. 6, 2025 ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... With Jim Schwartz, we inherited a team that went 0-16 the year prior for the first time in NFL history ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A.
Now, they could work together again ... 5 ... It was something that Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz pointed out in November when Cleveland was preparing to play New Orleans. "A lot of the run game is Mike Shanahan/Gary Kubiak," Schwartz said then.
It has now earned over $200 million domestically.Suggested Reading... CC. Share ... Email ... But hey, at least the Sonic movies are interesting films with their own identities and featuring some wonderful performances by folks like Jim Carrey and Ben Schwartz.
It was feast or famine last week as some teams put the brakes on after a busy December ... 107 POUNDS. 1 ... ChrisJacobacci, Jim Thorpe (18-6); Sr ... Stephen Korte, Jim Thorpe (19-6); Jr ... Nikolas Schwartz, Jim Thorpe (18-5); Jr ... Aidan Sterling, Jim Thorpe (23-1).
Editor's note ...Everyone except Stafford ... Jim Schwartz, Jim Caldwell and Patricia ... “It goes back to the (coach Jim) Caldwell days,” Wood said ... “I was brand-new in this role, and working with Jim (Caldwell), and then trying to figure out how to hire.”.
Banda spent his last two seasons at the college level as Utah State’s defensive coordinator, then was hired to be Cleveland’s safeties coach by veteran defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, who ...
Los Frikis (R) Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’ drama based on real events is about a group of 1990s Cuban punk rockers who deliberately infect themselves with AIDS to live off government support ... Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to stop him.
By ...Within three weeks of its release, Jim Carrey and Ben Schwartz-starrer has now crossed the USD 191 million gross mark at the time of the article, i.e ... The cume gross collection of Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves' film has crossed USD 1 billion so far. .
“That’s the consequence of scoring points or not scoring points ... We want that mindset ... 1 ... ChrisJacobacci, Jim Thorpe (17-6); Sr ... Stephen Korte, Jim Thorpe (18-6); Sr ... Nikolas Schwartz, Jim Thorpe (17-5); Jr ... Aidan Sterling, Jim Thorpe (22-1) ... .