When talking about coaches in the history of the Cincinnati Bengals, there are some good, bad and ugly. While quality coaches have been selected such as Sam Wyche and Marvin Lewis, others who were bypassed had outstanding careers, a la Bill Walsh and Tom Coughlin respectively.
On occasions when the Bengals decided to promote very successful coordinators in their system to head coach, it blew up in their face, while other unproven coaches with football lineage came with mixed results. We had to tread lightly when selecting the best staff possible.
Head Coach:
Paul Brown: It's hard to choose against the founder of the team and one of the biggest innovators of the NFL as we see it today.