Browns fire head coach Hue Jackson, offensive coordinator Todd Haley

The Cleveland Browns fired coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley on Monday after a three-game losing streak derailed a promising start to the season.

The Browns also announced that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who is in his second season with Cleveland, will be the interim coach. Running backs coach and associate head coach Freddie Kitchens will serve as offensive coordinator. Although there was speculation that Williams' son Blake Williams could be the Browns defensive coordinator, the team said that Gregg Williams will serve in both roles.

The Browns are 2-5-1 this season, doubling the win total from Jackson's first two seasons with the team. Cleveland was 1-15 in his first season and 0-16 last season. The Browns hired John Dorsey as general manager late last season, and Dorsey kept Jackson on as coach despite the team's winless season.

There were rumblings that the relationship between Jackson and Haley had deteriorated to the point that a move might have to be made. Haley was in his first season with the Browns after serving as the Steelers' offensive coordinator from 2012 to '17.

The changes also were made with the development of quarterback Baker Mayfield, the team's No. 1 overall draft pick, in mind, sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

"We greatly appreciate Hue's commitment to the Cleveland Browns organization over the last two and a half years," Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement. "We understand how critical this time period is in the development of our football team, individually and collectively, and believed it was in the organization's best interest to make the move at this time, in order to maximize our opportunities the rest of this season. We certainly only wish Hue, Michelle, and his family the best moving forward."

After the news surfaced of the Browns' changes, Mayfield's college coach, Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley, was asked whether he had any interest in coaching in the NFL.

"I knew that was coming," Riley said during his weekly news conference. "No, not right now. You sit here and answer these questions, and I always want to be truthful. The truth is for me is I love Oklahoma. I love coaching here. I love college football. I certainly don't have that itch right now. Don't know that I ever will.

"But I'm never going to be a guy that stands up here and say no way, no how, with any of these things never happening. I don't know that. But I know right now I could care less about the NFL."

The Browns lost to the Steelers 33-18 on Sunday after playing to a tie with Pittsburgh in the season opener. The previous five Browns head coaches -- Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Pat Shurmur, Rob Chudzinski and Mike Pettine -- were all fired after the second Steelers game of that season.