Cincinnatti Bengals Coaching Staff Key to Bounce Back Year

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Published: May 30, 2009

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... each other and the organization.  Of the 16 assistant coaches on the staff, only two are beginning their second season with the team and more than half the staff has been there as long as coach Marvin Lewis.

This coaching staff witnessed a terrible 2008 season on offense and an encouraging season on defense.  The three following coaches will have the largest impact on the 2009 Bengals and their journey to a bounce back year. 

Lewis took over the Cincinnati Bengals in 2003 and is now the third longest tenured coach in Bengals history.  Lewis is a defense-first coach but his team has never made that their public persona. 

Lewis has only made the playoffs once, in 2005 losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round, and has a career record at 46-50-1. 

In 2008, the Bengals were awful but there was a bright spot on defense.  That unit ranked 12th ...

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