The Cincinnati Bengals have announced the hiring of six assistants for the team’s 2019 coaching staff.
The new assistants include Nick Eason (defensive line), Tem Lukabu (linebackers), Brad Kragthorpe (offensive assistant), Jordan Kovacs (defensive quality control), Todd Hunt (assistant strength and conditioning) and Garrett Swanson (assistant strength and conditioning).
Eason, 38, comes to Cincinnati from Vanderbilt University, where he recently was hired as the Commodores’ defensive line coach.
Eason has five total seasons of NFL coaching experience. He was an assistant coach with the Tennessee Titans from 2014-17, where he first served as their assistant defensive line coach (’14-15), and then as their defensive line coach (’16-17).