The current head coach is Zac Taylor, who was hired after the 2018 season. Taylor replaced Marvin Lewis, who remains the Bengals all-time leader in seasons coached, games coached, wins, and playoff games coached. Three coaches have won a conference championship with the team: Forrest Gregg in 1981, Sam Wyche in 1988 and Taylor in 2021.[2] Gregg leads all coaches in winning percentage with .561.[3]Dick LeBeau had the lowest winning percentage, with .267.[4] Of the nine Bengals head coaches, three have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Paul Brown, Forrest Gregg, and Dick LeBeau (although only Brown was inducted as a coach, the other two were inducted as players).[5] Two former players have been head coach for the Bengals: Sam Wyche and Bruce Coslet.
Key
Coaches
Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
Notes
^A running total of the number of coaches of the Bengals. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.
^Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
^ a bHomer Rice replaced Bill Johnson as head coach after the Bengals started 0–5. The team dipped to marks of 0–8 and 1–12 before rebounding under Rice to win the last three games.
^ a bThe Dave Shula era comes to a sudden end when he is fired after a 1–6 start. Bruce Coslet, the team's offensive coordinator, would replace Shula as head coach.
^ a bAfter being shut out in two of their first three games, coach Bruce Coslet resigned; he was replaced by defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau.
References
General
"CIN Coaching Records and History". Database Football. Database Sports. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
"NFL Coach of the Year Award". HickokSports.com. February 15, 2011. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
Specific
^ a b"History – Cincinnati Bengals". Cincinnati Bengals. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. 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.