The Bengals have played in Paul Brown Stadium since 2000.
This is a complete list of Cincinnati Bengals head coaches. There have been 9 head coaches for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). The Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are a member of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC). The Bengals franchise was founded in 1968 as a member of the Western Division of the American Football League (AFL),[1] before merging with the NFL in 1970.[1]
The current head coach is Marvin Lewis, who was promoted from defensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins on January 14, 2003[2] following the departure of Dick LeBeau on December 30, 2002.[3] Two coaches have won a conference championship with the team: Forrest Gregg in 1981, and Sam Wyche in 1988.[4] Marvin Lewis is the team's winningest coach and all time leader in games coached while Gregg leads all coaches in winning percentage with .561 (with at least one one full season coached).[5] Dick LeBeau is statistically the worst coach the Bengals had in terms of winning percentage, with .267.[6] Of the 9 Bengals coaches, two have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Paul Brown and Forest Gregg.[7] Two former players have been head coach for the Bengals, including Sam Wyche and Bruce Coslet.
Marvin Lewis has the most losses of any coach in the history of the franchise.
Key[]
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Spent entire professional head coaching career with Bengals
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
Coaches[]
Marvin Lewis has been the current head coach since the 2003 season.
Note: Statistics are accurate through the 2011 NFL season.
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||||||||||
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| GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Paul Brown | 1968-1975 | 112 | 55 | 56 | 1 | .495 | 3 | 0 | 3 | UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1969, 1970) | ||||||
| 2 | Bill Johnson | 1976-1978 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 0 | .545 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 3 | Homer Rice | 1978-1979 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | .296 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 4 | Forrest Gregg | 1980-1983 | 57 | 32 | 25 | 0 | .561 | 4 | 2 | 2 | UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1981) | ||||||
| 5 | Sam Wyche | 1984–1991 | 121 | 61 | 66 | 0 | .480 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Dave Shula | 1992–1996 | 71 | 19 | 52 | 0 | .268 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 7 | Bruce Coslet | 1996–2000 | 60 | 21 | 39 | 0 | .350 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 8 | Dick LeBeau | 2000–2002 | 45 | 12 | 33 | 0 | .267 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 9 | Marvin Lewis | 2003–present | 144 | 69 | 74 | 1 | .483 | 3 | 0 | 3 | AP NFL Coach of the Year (2009) | ||||||
References[]
- General
- "CIN Coaching Records and History". Database Football. Database Sports. http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachteam.htm?tm=CIN&lg=nfl. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- "NFL Coach of the Year Award". HickokSports.com. February 15, 2011. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "History - Cincinnati Bengals". Cincinnati Bengals. http://www.bengals.com/team/history.html. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ Banks, Don (January 14, 2003). "Bengals hire Lewis as new head coach". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2003/01/14/lewis_bengals/. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ Associated Press (December 30, 2002). "Bengals fire LeBeau after 2-14 season". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/12/30/bengals_lebeau_ap/. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Cincinnati Bengals Championship History". NFL Team History.com. http://www.nflteamhistory.com/nfl_teams/cincinnati_bengals/championship_history.html. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Forrest Gregg Records, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GregFo0.htm. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Dick LeBeau Records, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LeBeDi0.htm. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.aspx. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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