Jim O'Neil is the current defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was hired by the Browns on January 27, 2014. He has previously been a coach in the NFL for the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. He was a coach for numerous college football teams before that. From 2006-08, he was at Eastern Michigan as the recruiting coordinator and safeties coach. He was the defensive coordinator at Towson in 2005, a graduate assistant/defensive back coach at Northwestern from 2003-04, assistant offensive line coach at Pennsylvania in 2002 and a assistant offensive line/tight ends coach at SUNY Albany in 2001.