BEREA, Ohio — Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher is not interested in coach the Cleveland Browns or any other NFL team next season.

The Cleveland job is open after the Browns fired coach Romeo Crennel this morning following a 4-12 season that began with Cleveland pegged as one of the NFL's rising teams.

The firing came one day after general manager Phil Savage was dismissed.

Browns owner Randy Lerner met Saturday night with Cowher, who told him he has no intention of returning to coaching in 2009 and asked Lerner not to include him on his list of coaching candidates.

In another NFL coaching change, the Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli today, a day after the team became the first in NFL history to finish with an 0-16 record.