New Browns president Mike Holmgren on job, schedules media availability to discuss plans

Holmgren takes over Cleveland Browns

BEREA, Ohio — Browns president Mike Holmgren has begun his first day of work at the team’s facility, where he is expected to meet with coach Eric Mangini.

The team said in a release that Holmgren, who was recently hired by Cleveland owner Randy Lerner to fix his NFL franchise, would be available to the media at 4 p.m. The release did not mention if Mangini would attend.

It is not known when Holmgren planned to have his face-to-face talk with Mangini, who had an eventful first season as Cleveland’s coach.

The Browns started 1-11 but won their final four games, a surge that may save Mangini’s job. The winning streak is Cleveland’s longest since 1994 and it may have shown Holmgren that Mangini has the Browns pointed in the right direction.