16 years is a long time in the NFL. It’s how long the Bengals kept Marvin Lewis as their head coach without a single playoff win in his tenure. There are probably a lot of Bengals fans that don’t remember watching the Bengals before Marvin Lewis was the team’s head coach, but that distinction no longer belongs to him.
Now with Lewis and Cincinnati finally parting ways, the team is looking for their 10th coach in franchise history. They’ve interview more than a handful of candidates thus far in their search, so let’s take this opportunity to look at five of the best candidates for the job.