The Houston Texans have decided to get younger at defensive coordinator and also keep it in-house.
According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans have promoted defensive line coach Anthony Weaver to the role of defensive coordinator, replacing 72-year-old Romeo Crennel, who had been contemplating retirement.
Texans have promoted Anthony Weaver to defensive coordinator, replacing veteran defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, according to league sources. Weaver, 39, has been the Texans defensive line coach since 2016, previously was with Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) January 20, 2020
Weaver has been Houston’s defensive line coach since 2016. Arguably one of the best jobs he had done is developing defensive tackle D.J. Reader, who has turned into one of the Texans’ bulwarks along the interior defensive line and is due a contract extension from the club in the offseason.
Prior to joining the Texans, Weaver was a defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns from 2014-15. In 2013, Weaver got his first defensive line coach job at the NFL level with the Buffalo Bills after spending the 2012 season in an assistant capacity with the New York Jets. In 2011, he was linebackers coach at North Texas after getting his first coaching job with Florida as a graduate assistant.
Weaver played for the Houston Texans from 2006-08 after spending his first four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, who took him in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft from Notre Dame.