List of Cincinnati Bengals head coaches
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 hired on January 14, 2003[2] following Dick LeBeau being fired 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] 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 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 Forrest Gregg.[7] Two former players have been head coach for the Bengals, including Sam Wyche and Bruce Coslet.
Key
| † | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
| ‡ | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player |
| * | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Bengals |
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are accurate through the 2015 NFL season.
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | ||||
| 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 | 208 | 112 | 94 | 2 | .543 | 7 | 0 | 7 | AP NFL Coach of the Year (2009) |
References
- General
- "CIN Coaching Records and History". Database Football. Database Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- "NFL Coach of the Year Award". HickokSports.com. February 15, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- Specific
- 1 2 "History – Cincinnati Bengals". Cincinnati Bengals. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ Banks, Don (January 14, 2003). "Bengals hire Lewis as new head coach". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ Associated Press (December 30, 2002). "Bengals fire LeBeau after 2–14 season". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Cincinnati Bengals Championship History". NFL Team History.com. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Forrest Gregg Records, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Dick LeBeau Records, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 15, 2011.